Miscarriage Prison Sentence Settlement
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Patience Rousseau, aged 26 at the time, miscarried in April 2018 and was stunned when officers with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office turned up at her doorstep in the rural city of Winnemucca a month later to question her.
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Already a mom to two young sons, Rousseau discovered she was pregnant in February 2018, the Nevada Independent reports.
The lawyer argued that the prosecution could not prove that the mom’s drug use caused the miscarriage, and Rousseau could not have known she passed the threshold for legal abortion because she was unsure of how far along she was.
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- 7 Oct
Patience Rousseau, aged 26 at the time, miscarried in April 2018 and was stunned when officers with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office turned up at her doorstep in the rural city of Winnemucca a month later to question her.
- 8 Oct
Her attorneys submitted a demand letter to Humboldt County in March, alleging that the county had broken state law, violated Rousseau's state and federal constitutional rights and intentionally inflicted emotional distress on her, according to the Nevada Independent.
- 9 Oct
Rousseau says she is now sober and living in South Dakota with her three sons — ages 4, 7 and 9 — with another child living with an estranged relative.
- 10 Oct
Carson City lawyer Laura FitzSimmons argued that prosecutors could not establish whether Rousseau's drug use had caused the miscarriage.
Coverage 4 articles
10 Oct Woman jailed for giving herself a miscarriage wins $1.6m settlement
Daily Mail
9 Oct Nevada mom imprisoned for miscarriage blamed on her drug use gets $1.6M payout
New York Post
8 Oct Woman who was sent to prison and labeled 'baby killer' after suffering miscarriage gets life-changing payout in Nevada court
Daily Mail
7 Oct Nevada woman sent to prison and labeled ‘baby killer’ after a miscarriage wins $1.6M award
The Independent
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