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Some Selected Cases in Which Women Have Been Punished for Allegedly Failing to Protect Their Fetuses: 1 Some women are being locked up in jails or prisons: 1.1 A pregnant woman accidentally fell down a flight of stairs and is arrested on charges of attempted feticide. 1.2 A woman who had legally obtained the contraceptive: Provera and later had a miscarriage, is charged with murder. 1.3 A pregnant woman who attempted suicide and survives but because she lost the pregnancy, is charged with murder. 1.4 A woman is convicted of homicide by child abuse after she had had a stillbirth & it tested positive for an illegal drug. 2 Others are locked up in mental hospitals: 2.1 A pregnant woman voluntarily sought help for her opiate addiction

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