An Ohio woman avoided grand jury indictment and went on with her “everyday life” even though leftists across the country allegedly tried to flush her stillborn child down the toilet, literally and figuratively. are rallying in support of.
On Thursday, a Trumbull County grand jury declined to indict the 34-year-old man. brittany watts It's a felony charge of abuse of a corpse, a crime punishable by one year in prison and a $2,500 fine.
The charges against Watts are heartbreaking. In the days leading up to the miscarriage, Watts made multiple visits to a Catholic hospital in his hometown of Warren, Ohio, about an hour southeast of Cleveland, according to reports. At one point, her doctor told her that her fetus, which was 22 weeks old at the time, was not viable and they had her induced labor to avoid a “significant risk” of her death. He reportedly advised them to do so.
At some point, the date was not reported, Watts miscarried in the bathroom. Watts then scooped at least part of the stillborn child's body out of the toilet and placed it outside near his garage, according to the report. A nurse later reported to police that Watts had put the baby in a “bucket,” according to court documents.
However, parts of the baby's body were left in the toilet, and Watts allegedly tried to flush them away. She apparently didn't make it because those debris reportedly clogged the toilet. Watts then allegedly left the bodies there to go to a pre-scheduled hair appointment.
“The question is not when the child died or how the child died,” prosecutor Luis Guarnieri argued in court. “It's the fact that the baby was put in a toilet so big that it clogged the toilet, left in that toilet, and she carried on. [with] her day. ”
Even Watts and her attorney, Tracy Timko, had to acknowledge the somber nature of the situation.
“I'm grieving the loss of my baby,” Watts said later. washington post. “I feel angry, frustrated, and sometimes embarrassed.”
“As shocking and disturbing as it may sound when announced publicly, it is simply the devastating reality of miscarriage,” Timko said in a statement.
Despite Watts' seemingly indifferent treatment of the baby, the grand jury decided not to indict her, and leftists cheered. In fact, activists were already planning a “We Stand with Brittany!” Gather in the courthouse square. After the decision not to prosecute, 150 supporters claim that prosecutors engaged in “abuse of power” and that the “real crimes” against Watts were “sexism,” “racism,” and “political extremism.” He held up a placard. — was able to turn the event into a victory celebration.
Whether Watts has always been an activist or just became an activist after her miscarriage, she told the rally attendees that she felt compelled to join their “fight.” “I want to thank my community, Warren. Warren, Ohio,” she said with a smile. “I was born here, I grew up here, I graduated from high school here. I'm going to stay here because I have to keep fighting.”
She also expressed hope that her case would be a “catalyst for change,” her lawyer said. claimed.
Other left-wing organizations stand in solidarity with Watts as another black female victim of systemic injustice. “What happened to Brittany Watts is a grave example of how black women and their bodies are subject to legal threats for their mere presence,” said the association's president and CEO. said Dr. Regina Davis Moss. our own voice, an organization that emphasizes racial discrimination and supports abortion. “Her story is one that is becoming alarmingly common. In states where abortion is regulated, black women, girls, and gender-expansive people are surveilled, arrested, and prosecuted for their pregnancies. , is being punished.”
Sarah Jones, New York Magazine writer intelligence officer The outlet claimed that by treating Watts' stillborn baby as a human being, prosecutors were promoting a “harmful ideology” that denied “Watts' own personhood.” “When law enforcement treats a fetus as a human being, an infant or child in the words of nurses and prosecutors, the woman who gives birth to the fetus becomes something else. She is not fully human, but merely a vessel. .”
Ms Jones quoted Ms Watts as referring to the stillborn baby as “baby”.
Timko insisted the grand jury's decision was “justice.”
“Even though Brittany's fight for freedom is over, she stands with women everywhere, sharing her story and experience to help other women in Ohio not have to put off healing from their grief and trauma. “I'm going to educate people and push for legislation to fight for my freedom and my honor,” she said.
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