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Joint Statement from ICE and CBP on stillbirth in custody
On Feb. 22, while being processed for release from DHS custody, a 24-year-old Honduran woman went into premature labor and delivered a stillborn baby at the Port Isabel Detention Center (PIDC).
The woman, whose name and identifying details are being withheld in order to protect her privacy, reported being six months pregnant at the time of her apprehension by the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP), shortly before midnight on February 18 near Hidalgo, Texas. While in USBP custody, she was taken to the hospital and cleared for release on Feb. 21 after receiving two medical screenings. In the late afternoon on Feb. 22, she was transferred to ICE custody to be processed for release.
That same evening, while being processed for release by ICE, she began complaining of abdominal discomfort and was examined by the ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC). The clinical director was called and ordered that she be sent to the hospital. EMS was called. At that time, she conveyed that the baby was coming. She went into premature labor, at 27 weeks pregnant, and delivered an unresponsive male infant. IHSC initiated CPR and EMS transported them both to the Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas, where the infant was later pronounced dead.
The woman remains in ICE custody awaiting medical clearance, after which she will be released from custody.
Although for investigative and reporting purposes, a stillbirth is not considered an in-custody death, ICE and CBP officials are proactively disclosing the details of this tragic event to be transparent with Congress, the media and the public.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/joint-statement-ice-and-cbp-stillbirth-custody
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Women loses baby during DHS custody - ICE: "a stillbirth is not considered an in-custody death" (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2019
OP
But...but....it's a baby not a fetus... how hypocritical this entire regime is.
CurtEastPoint
Feb 2019
#1
But haven't the Rs & evilgelicals told us for years that life begins at conception?
catrose
Feb 2019
#4
We need to be sure the Forced Birth Brigade is aware of this Trump administration position
gratuitous
Feb 2019
#7
CurtEastPoint
(18,663 posts)1. But...but....it's a baby not a fetus... how hypocritical this entire regime is.
sinkingfeeling
(51,473 posts)2. So, a fetus isn't a person says a US federal agency.
malaise
(269,157 posts)3. But an abortion is murder to these racist monsters
These fuckers are criminals
catrose
(5,073 posts)4. But haven't the Rs & evilgelicals told us for years that life begins at conception?
But a stillbirth doesn't count as an in-custody death?
I'm furious for what this woman has suffered at our hands.
handmade34
(22,757 posts)5. fucking hypocrits
theophilus
(3,750 posts)6. Hail Trump (and his toadies). He is king of the
hypocrites and his followers are his court of haters.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)7. We need to be sure the Forced Birth Brigade is aware of this Trump administration position
I'm sure they'll pivot on a dime and do whatever their Emperor Trump says.