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> One of California's senior legal officials has shown his support for a young mother charged with murder after her stillborn baby boy was found to have toxic levels of meth in his system, reports Daily Mail.

https://meaww.com/who-is-chelsea-becker-jailed-for-killing-u...

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Yeah, this is one of the examples of the mother being prosecuted mentioned in the article, thanks for emphasizing my point!

That did not emphasize your point. It refuted it.

Or do you believe that pregnant women should be allowed to take any toxic substance they want regardless of the harm to their child?

I've met some people who believe that, but it's very much a minority view, Even among pro-choice supporters.

The original comment said that prosecuting a mother for the death of a fetus was not a thing. I shared an article with multiple examples of that showing he was misinformed. That was my whole point. I don’t know what point you think I was making that was refuted, and I really don’t want to derail the conversation and get into the weeds of whether this particular case of stillbirth was a miscarriage or an abortion or manslaughter or murder. Have a nice day.

If you are going to pick example cases to prove your argument, I would not pick a case where a meth addict murdered her child.

What is my argument again?

Yeah well, I believe the OP's comment was typed in reference to abortion, not mothers taking illicit substances and their pregnancies not being viable because of that.

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