A man touches the casket of "Baby Mary" at a funeral service on San Antonio's Northwest Side. The mother had been accused of flushing the baby down a Whataburger toilet, causing injuries to her head. Authorities later determined that the woman had a miscarriage, not a live birth, and had not tried to flush the fetus down the toilet. Credit: Jessica Phelps

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A man touches the casket of "Baby Mary" at a funeral service on San Antonio's Northwest Side. The mother had been accused of flushing the baby down a Whataburger toilet, causing injuries to her head. Authorities later determined that the woman had a miscarriage, not a live birth, and had not tried to flush the fetus down the toilet. Credit: Jessica Phelps
San Antonio Express-News

Woman accused of flushing baby down Whataburger toilet has charge dismissed

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A woman spent nearly five months in jail after miscarrying in a Whataburger bathroom in San Antonio and being charged with “abuse of a corpse.” Texas authorities later dropped the charges after the county medical examiner confirmed she miscarried, Gabriella Ybarra of the San Antonio Express-News reported. The woman, unhoused and without prenatal care, has become one of many people arrested for pregnancy loss under abortion bans.

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Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News