Women of West Virginia: inform on yourself to the miscarriage police!

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Avoid (having a miscarriage in) West Virginia “911. What’s your emergency?” “Hello, I would like to report the fact that I am having a very heavy period. Can you send a police officer over right away to collect my menstrual matter and check whether I’ve broken any laws?” The above is not a transcript of an actual conversation in West Virginia but, the way things are headed, it could be a glimpse of what’s to come. The Raleigh county prosecuting attorney Tom Truman recently warned that women who have a pregnancy loss in West Virginia could face criminal charges. To...