Anna Yocca faces life sentence in move that could immediate constitutional challenge as general murder laws were not designed to be applied to fetusesA 31-year-ancient woman in Murfreesboro,Tennessee, has become the latest person to fall foul of the creeping criminalization of pregnancy after she was charged and jailed for attempted first-degree murder following a failed self-induced abortion.
Anna Yocca faces the possibility of a life sentence after she was indicted by a grand jury in Rutherford County for attempting to destroy her unborn child. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com