California Law Does not Criminalize Stillbirths

Cynthia Cai
By Cynthia Cai
January 11, 2022NTD Evening News
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California’s Attorney General recently issued an alert stating that women should not be given criminal charges for having stillbirths or miscarriages. The alert comes in response to two women who were sentenced to prison for having stillbirths after drug use.

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