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A stillbirth and Facebook post expressing her grief landed her in prison for over 2 years. Experts say it’s part of a pattern
Experts say Rousseau’s case reflects a broader rise in pregnancy-related prosecutions, with Pregnancy Justice documenting at least 412 cases after Roe was overturned.
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — “Why would you be sorry? Why would you be sorry, Patience?” Patience Rousseau, then 26, was shivering on the doorstep of the house she was living in with her two children as the sheriff’s deputy repeated her question. The Humboldt County, Nevada, sheriff’s deputy was questioning Rousseau about a Facebook post she had made a few weeks earlier that expressed grief about her stillbirth and mentioned the name she gave her…
A woman in Nevada was sentenced to more than two years in prison after losing a job and writing a pain message on Facebook for the dead baby. Her case, subsequently annulled by the court, is considered by experts to be one of the most serious errors in the American legal system.