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Jailed Florida Woman Says Her UNBORN Baby is Being Wrongfully Detained She’s Suing For Baby’s Release
The woman has filed a petition for her unborn baby
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
By: TB Obwoge
A pregnant woman says her unborn baby is being wrongfully detained. The baby has committed no crime, she wants the baby in her belly released from jail under false imprisonment.
She’s obtained a lawyer to help her press for the release of the innocent baby, this isn’t satire.
Florida woman argues her unborn baby should be released from jail
Natalia Harrell was six weeks pregnant when she fatally shot another woman.
Now in prison awaiting trial, she claims her unborn baby is being unlawfully detained.
In an emergency petition in a Florida court, Ms Harrell’s lawyer argued that jail staff have endangered the child through “a lack of reasonable and necessary prenatal care”.
The argument draws on the concept that a foetus is a person with rights.
The idea that an unborn child is a person with constitutional protections…
