In a case that had drawn international attention, Brittany Watts had been charged with abuse of a corpse after miscarrying and disposing of the nonviable fetus.
  • xtr0n@sh.itjust.works
    351·
    10 months ago

    I wonder if the hospital violated HIPPA by giving the police her private medical information?

    • geekworking@lemmy.world
      13·
      10 months ago

      Does this BS law make medical staff mandatory reporters? Mandatory reporting laws should go around privacy laws.

      • xtr0n@sh.itjust.works
        131·
        10 months ago

        I dunno but WTF were they expecting? Was she supposed to fish the bloody blob out of toilet and bring it in so they cab run a tox screen on it or something? Check it for coat hanger marks? It’s not like they’re gonna have something that looks like a well formed small baby. This shit is so dumb it would be comical if it wasn’t traumatizing and endangering women

    • roguetrick@kbin.social
      5·
      10 months ago

      Maybe. There’s loopholes for risks to safety and those loopholes depend on discretion which was seriously lacking in this case. I think it would be unlikely to be successful against a judge, but I also don’t think it would be dismissed before trial and I wouldn’t want to risk a jury trial if I was a hospital.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I’d say that the risks to her safety from them siccing the police on her far outweigh the risks to her safety from hemorrhaging. But hey, what do I know? I only have just as much medical training as the dipshit municipal court judge who decided to move forward with charges (which is to say, fuck-all)…