Just did a bit of research and sadly, yes it's a real thing, you can be reported and jailed for miscarriage. There's multiple examples of people being reported for suspected abortions (whether true or false), and even some for natural miscarriage where someone just suspected foul play of some sort. Plus, stillbirth where the mother was suspected of taking drugs during the pregnancy so the hospital reporter her for 'murdering' her baby when it was stillborn (1 month premature). Bloody hell. To that person who started a reddit page to complain because of all the 'US bashing' here on Bored Panda, this is the sort of misogynist, dystopian b******t you should be raging against in your country, not stupid s**t posts.

I think is supposed to mean falsifying information, making false claims. Not pregnancy miscarriage.

She could be in a state where all abortions are banned, except for exceptional cases (none of which fit her situation).

It's the law in a lot of places. And mayn states in the US have deteriorated to something that starts to resemble places like afghanistan. I read abotu one case where a pregnant woman was charged after her husband shot her in the belly. Why? Because she had gotten into a fight with him, which endangered the baby. Women's rights are out of the window in the US. But, hey Hilary was soooo unvotable....

That is correct, that is the current law in about 22 states. Even more insane is that half of the women that vote apparently are cool with it SMH.

We're anticipating a really great turnout in November to get rid of some of these White, republican, christofascists who are trying to turn the US into some nation I don't recognize. Women are not in control of their own bodies in some states, and we want repubs out of our ladybits. I live in CA. Our Gov. is doing great things for us, including abortion rights, making our own insulin to drive cost down, and trying to get the houseless problem reduced. If I were living in one of the red states, I'd be insane with white men telling women what they can and can't do. Some moron recently said that the fetus is no part of the woman and is separate from her. Obviously, he's never heard of the umbilical cord. The stupidity, greediness and power hungry will hopefully be a thing of the past come November.

This hit me too—like WTF? Charges for miscarriage??? This certainly must be some a*s-backwards country…or America.

Remember, in some parts of the world including the USA, men control women's bodies.

Um yeah, wtf is this?!?!

Ok ! I felt the same way ! Like wtf !

I remember reading this when it was posted! But...I missed where he said this was in the US?? Where did you find that info?

Being pregnant doesn't justify a-holery. I mean... 14 friends!! This can't ever be okay.

You're willing to give someone basically a free pass for this type of behaviour just because they're knocked up?

I object to calling that person a woman. She appears to have the mentality and impulse control of a 3 year old. Regardless of her chronological age, she is a *child* because she chose to never grow-up.

You may be right that there is more to this, but OP is lying to himself if he believes there were no problems at the time. She refused to work, that's a HUGE red flag.

I was also wondering why he was still with her and why she still had access to the shop. The fact that she is not only unemployed, but has never had a job and sponged off people her whole adult life would be a hard NO from me. Then, they've specifically had conflict over her stealing from the shop before. If my partner had taken a pastry from an order I was making one time, I would explain to them that was not ok and why. They should ask if they want something, and if it's an order a customer is waiting for, I will say so and offer something else. If they did it again, I would break up with them. That's too disrespectful. She's stolen multiple times. It accelerated to her stealing 15-20 items at a go on at least one occasion. This is sounding like a person who is going to keep pushing, outside the bounds of all reason and respect. No good can come of a relationship with her. That was clear before this incident.

Baby didn't even exist. Op's (thankfully ex!) gf eventually admitted that she was never pregnant and only said she was so that he "wouldn't leave"... tldr, the gf/ex is one hell of a crazy b***h.

No, unfortunately it's a real thing — basically, it's a case where a woman who miscarried is accused of either inducing a miscarriage on purpose, or doing things (driving without a seatbelt, using drugs, etc.) that put the fetus' life at risk. There have been two women accused of the "willfully endangering the fetus" variety here in California in recent years, one of which is still in jail.