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US women are being jailed for having miscarriages -BBC 2021 (www.bbc.com)
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[โ€“] CulturedLout@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The article says she was at 16-17 weeks

[โ€“] caveman@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago

Yes, you are right. It says this on the end of the article:

"Poolaw was about 16 to 17 weeks pregnant when she miscarried - probably the earliest term pregnant woman to be charged in the US, according to Ms Sussman. "