Source: New York Post
A once-homeless Nevada mom who spent two years in prison when her miscarriage was blamed on her heavy drug use has been awarded a life-changing $1. 6 million settlement. Patience Rousseau, 34, was the only person ever convicted under an obscure 1911 state law that prohibits women from ending a pregnancy after the 24th week through drug use — one her lawyer noted was “on the books before women were even allowed to vote in Nevada.
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