• Lemmylaugh@lemmy.ml
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    Caswell, who has faced several chemical endangerment charges over the years, is now in state prison, serving a 15-year sentence.

    Not to take away from your comment but this woman clearly has major mental issues too. Why is she keep getting pregnant?

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      Because “sterilization in lieu of prison” is too “eugenics” to be allowed as an option from the justice system.

      She needed someone to explain to her that semi-permanent birth control measures demonstrate “rehabilitation” and “low risk of recidivism” after (or preferably, before) her first charge.

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      this woman clearly has major mental issues too.

      Where did you read that? It’s literally nowhere in the article. Unless you have another source that states as much?

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        I imagine they were referring to this:

        But over the next seven months of incarceration for “chemical endangerment” in the Etowah county detention center (ECDC), Caswell was denied regular access to prenatal visits, even as officials were aware her pregnancy was high-risk due to her hypertension and abnormal pap smears, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday against the county and the sheriff’s department. She was also denied her prescribed psychiatric medication and slept on a thin mat on the concrete floor of the detention center for her entire pregnancy.

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        It’s right there in the article. She has issues. Still doesn’t deserve what she got but she definitely needs proper help