Brittany Watts: Woman criminally charged over miscarriage slams her arrest
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ms Watts went to Mercy Health – St Joseph Warren Hospital in Youngstown twice in September last year after suffering bleeding, but told CBS News she was denied treatment while an ethics committee weighed whether doctors could legally abort the foetus. In a new interview, Ms Watts told CBS News that she had gone to see her doctor four days before her miscarriage after she began leaking fluid. Ms Watts told CBS News that she was not informed that doctors had been waiting to hear back from the hospital’s ethics committee due to concerns over state abortion laws. Ms Watts said that a nurse comforted her, rubbed her back and told her “everything was going to be OK”.
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