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·
    6 months ago

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

    • geekworking@lemmy.world
      13·
      6 months ago

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

      • xtr0n@sh.itjust.works
        131·
        6 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·
      6 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·
        6 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)…