A pregnant woman in Iowa fell down the stairs and went to the ER to make sure her child was alright.
At some point in chatting with the nurse she mentioned that when she first found out she was pregnant she considered adoption and even abortion before deciding to keep the baby.
She was soon handcuffed, charged with feticide, and was kept in jail for two days because the hospital assumed she purposely threw herself down the stairs to kill the fetus.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/14/956120/-Iowa-Woman-Jailed-for-Thinking-about-an-Abortion
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