Kentucky Woman Faces Fetal Homicide Charges After Self-Managed Abortion

TL;DR
A Kentucky woman, Melinda S Spencer, was charged with fetal homicide after allegedly inducing her own abortion with medication and burying the remains, highlighting ongoing legal and criminal issues surrounding self-managed abortions and pregnancy outcomes in the US.
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- US woman charged with fetal homicide after allegedly inducing own abortion The Guardian
- Woman arrested after allegedly aborting and burying infant at home WBKO
- KY woman charged with fetal homicide after taking abortion medication, KSP says The Courier-Journal
- Kentucky woman charged with homicide after aborting fetus at her home WLKY
- Woman charged with fetal homicide after abortion, KSP says WKYT
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