Lindsay Clancy Case Could Spur Legislative Action on Postpartum Depression, Psychosis

Lindsay Clancy case could spur legislative action on postpartum depression, psychosis

The mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial earlier this month places her future in doubt, three years after she killed her three children in Duxbury, Massachusetts. But one potential outcome is a state legislative push to boost mental health support for new mothers.

After the Clancy Mistrial, Postpartum Issues Get A Fresh Look

The murder case of Duxbury, Massachusetts, mother Lindsay Clancy, which ended in a mistrial, has ensured the issue of postpartum mental illness continues to have a painful spot in the national conversation. It has also renewed an uncomfortable question for Black mothers, whose rates of postpartum depression are climbing fastest and who are the least […]