A 19-Year-Old Went To Jail For Manslaughter After Suffering Miscarriage

By Rayna Reid ·Updated October 20, 2021

Earlier this month, 21-year old Brittany Poolaw, a member of the Comanche Nation, was tried and convicted of first-degree manslaughter “for having a miscarriage.” Poolaw was sentenced by a jury to four years in a state prison.

The prosecution team alleged that methamphetamine use caused the miscarriage; however, “there was no evidence that her meth use caused the miscarriage, which the autopsy indicated could have been

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