Pregnancy Justice has tracked 41 cases of bogus criminal charges this year. The group's new president, Lourdes Rivera, is trying to keep people out of jail.
In two weeks, a 33-year-old woman named Kelsey Carpenter will go to court in San Diego, California, to seek the dismissal of murder and felony child abuse charges against her. Carpenter’s alleged crime is a home birth that ended in her newborn’s death after she went into labor early. She chose to give birth at home because she feared her baby would be taken from her due to her substance use. And instead of being offered addiction support services or time to grieve the loss of her baby, Carpenter
I hope that with some time and self-reflection, President Ambar and her institution will start the hard work of rebuilding its trust within the Oberlin community.