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Woman Charged With Self-Abortion After Fetus Found In Trash Can

December 2, 2011 at 9:26 am by Morbid

New York – A woman in New York just became the fifth person in 30 years to be charged with self-abortion in that state, after a dead fetus was found in the trash.

Police have charged 20-year-old Yaribely Almonte with self-abortion after a man was sorting recyclables outside a Manhattan building, and discovered a seven-inch long fetus wrapped in a trash bag.

The age of the fetus has not been reported but in New York, abortion is illegal after six months of pregnancy unless it’s performed to save the mother’s life. Almonte rented a room in the building for a short while and allegedly ended her pregnancy by drinking an herbal tea that can cause a miscarriage.

The concoction has become increasingly more common in Mexico and other parts of Latin America in recent years. Abortion rights advocates say this is because because of a lack of insurance or mistrust of the medical system, even.

“It’s been well discussed in the Latino community that there’s an issue about health and safety and the use of medication outside of a doctor’s care for pregnancy termination,” said Elizabeth Toledo, a public relations consultant for abortion rights groups.

After police interviewed Almonte, she was arrested and charged with self-abortion in the first degree, a misdemeanor, and will be back in court in January. Women who have previously been charged with self-abortion had their cases dismissed.

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Anonymous

Herbal remedies have been around for centuries, black cohosh is widely known to help/hurt a womans reproductive system – depending on how it’s taken.
I take herbs & supplements for my well being, it is important to me that the government stays the fuck out of my medical care I choose for myself. Granted, we can assume she was scared, possibly an immigrant & may have done this past the “safe” time of 6 mos from the article………but those things aside – stay the fuck out of my decisions!
Anonymous

At least she didn’t use a clothes hanger, I am still resentful for the scars my Mom gave me.
Malenda Mayfield

Only 7 inches? She shoulda just flushed the poor little feller away.
HotReadingMama

Aha! Not in Florida!
http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

Doesn’t public aid assist in that sort of thing? I mean they’d rather kill a kid then feed one! Just saying.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

I don’t like this lady … that’s all I have on this case.
http://infowars.com Domino

she drank and herbal tea to miscarry instead of fishing around in her vag with a rusty coat hanger…. and it happened to be after this magical date that legally declares the fetus now has feelings… fucking ridiculous – let the girl go, the only thing she did wrong was throw it out instead of flushing it.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XA4RDSRSUX3XRSCPRR7XNGSPUQ Joshua

not making any moral judgments but…ewwwww gross
Athena

Reproductive autonomy IS equality for women. It’s amazing to me that society allows the government to control the body of a woman at any stage in pregnancy. Turn this poor girl loose.
HotReadingMama

I think I am with Athena on this. Poor judgement, maybe. But a crime? Nah.
aka jas

I am currently doing alot of study in ayurveda. There are more than a few remedies from, making you start your period to down right aborting and ruining your reproductive organs.
Until the government and most of society realize that no matter what the laws or religious belief, women (of all walks of life)are going to continue to do these abortions themselves and WORSE. Having a proper medical accesabililty is fundamental in this country. If abortion is made illegal throughout the U.S, we will see worse.
I actually feel really bad for this lady.
http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

I think that she went about it not much different then the actual process, and the only other person besides the “fetus” that was in danger was herself, so it is certainly her decision. I guess some folks would rather her have it, beat it, ,starve it, kill it, then abandoned it,rather then end any of that before it can start.
aka jas

Her body probably seized and cramped to a degree that no one could imagine. There was pain, and ALOT of it. And there is no saying that from the write up how the fetus actually died. It could have been poisoned internally or died in the canal, or died post labor. The more I think of this and her going through this alone and they way she did it, my heart breaks for her. This should never be THE ONLY OPTION.

Its very sad for every single person involved.
Anonymous

I feel so bad for her.

You do NOT want to know how many times I misread self-abortion as self-ABSORPTION. I was like… wtf, that’s a crime now?! shit… .I’ve got a list of people we can charge!
Anonymous

Duh! We feed our 7 inch fetuses to alligators.
reapre

I agree with you.

A man can’t have a bun in the oven, so he has no right to tell a woman when and where she can have one. (Unless he is baby daddy, then his say should matter.)
wyrosjr

I really think that this is a horrible thing to do. It goes against what I believe. However, I would not have any governing body make laws that abridge the freedom of what you can do with your body.
Anonymous

This is bullshit. The only charge I can think of is not disposing of the body properly. Women dont get charged for smoking or drinking or riding a fucking roller coaster while pregnant!!! The government is just pissed cuz she didn’t have to pay the $500 for a clinic abortion. It’s not like she gave live birth then killed the baby. I’m anti abortion but it’s our body and we will do what we like.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1111040088 Kelly Durbin

I am pro-life but I think the government is just mad because they and the insurance companies didn’t have their hand in her wallet.
HotReadingMama

You must not be from South Florida, because we just leave ours on the curbside.
http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

I agree, it couldn’t have been a walk in the park to have the ability to single out and basically “destroy” the fetus within the womans body, let alone, what it was doing to the woman herself. I don’t envy her, thats for sure. But she must have felt that this was worth the risk. For her own reasons, to take such a choice, and so I have to agree that maybe her choice was best…
Anonymous

I’m pro-choice, and I totally agree with you.

SEE! IT HAPPENS!
Anonymous

Wouldn’t a 7 inch fetus be less than 6 months along
?
Anonymous

That’s what I was thinking. At 20 weeks, the fetus is about 10 inches head to toe and weighs about 10 oz. At 27 weeks, 14.5 inches long and weighs about 2lbs. (Info at http://www.babycenter.com)

So, what the heck? 7inches @ 6months, 14 inches @ 12months, 21 inches @ 18months — a 1.5 year long pregnancy? Bite me, no friggin’ way.
Anonymous

You never know what goes on with people. It’s possible she’s impoverished & the father said he’d be there and marry her and suddenly dumped her in the 5th month. Or something.

Still this is EXTREME and there IS another person involved. The baby. And you can’t just throw the body in the trash like that either. People that find bodies of any kind are often traumatized. Besides, it’s just really a sick thing to do to a little dead baby. Okay enough of this.
Anonymous

It always pisses me off that a buncha of men are sitting around deciding what I can and can not do with my uterus.
reapre

“Second Trimester

At the end of 4 months:
Fetus is 6-1/2 to 7 inches longWeighs about 6 to 7 ounces
“

http://www.cpmc.org/services/pregnancy/information/fetal_development.html
reapre

Abortion is way too touchy of a subject. Not touching it w/ a 10′ pole. Pecker =/= choose rights for women.

However, I agree with your ” People that find bodies of any kind are often traumatized.”
Anonymous

I’m from Southwest Florida, we like to keep it classy here.
Anonymous

Traumatized? No way. When I find a dead body, and I live in FL so it’s only a matter of time, I’m going to get a group of friends together and race a gang of older kids to it; having heartwarming bonding experiences and throw-up stories on the way.
Anonymous

WHAT..??????
Anonymous

Definitely doesn’t help with that in NC, would be ALOT cheaper though wouldn’t it?
thehesbomb

HRM! Where the fuck you been all my life, baby?!?
HotReadingMama

HEY HES!!!! What you know good, playa?!
HotReadingMama

And since a man can’t make one, he has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one. (Sorry, your post made me start rapping a Tupac song)
HotReadingMama

I’m telling you, just drive by my house. I have one out there every other cycle or so.
Irish519

They are all different, I know of babies past term at 7″
Irish519

Lack of insurance, okay – why? Obvious
Mistrust of the medical system, okay – why?
Unless it was rape, why not carry to term and give up for adoption?
If it was rape, report it.
Irresponsible and just sick, and only a misdemeanor!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1111040088 Kelly Durbin

LOL
http://www.facebook.com/people/Debbie-Chabot/100000649183409 Debbie Chabot

Fuck you. What do you mean she didn’t do anything wrong? Are you a fucking idiot seriously.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Debbie-Chabot/100000649183409 Debbie Chabot

In my opinion if you don’t want to get pregnant get on some fucking birth control or use condoms. In my eyes if you self-abort or keep having abortions your a slut simple as that. Unless it is absolutely needed/or if the girl was raped.
Anonymous

Birth control and condoms aren’t 100%. My TWO kids are living proof of this.

And calling someone a slut when they may have been raped and that’s why she chose to self-abort is just plain mean.

There are more than one reason to not want to carry a pregnancy to term. Selfishness isn’t always the case.
http://www.facebook.com/AshleyLynneLaRicci Ashley LaRicci

Its her uterus, so…….

She should have flushed or even buried it though “/ or possibly just went to the hospital or something, I don’t know if that would make sense or not.

I have a 3 month old and I’d never be able to get an abortion and it hurts me to think of even a fetus in the trash or purposefully aborted, but it’s not my body so it doesn’t matter. I think the government and all these pro-life only people (captain save a fetuses) should worry about themselves. People are way too worried about everyone else around them, particularly women who get abortions and people who get foodstamps.
BooBooKittyFuck

YEAH! You tell her Heather…Just ’cause you don’t get knocked up fucking around and spreading your legs, doesn’t mean you’re not a slut…Sluts come in all shapes and colors…pro-life and pro-choice…dick hungry and twat ravenous…this woman’s choice to not carry a fetus to term doesn’t make her a slut…at least she fucking realized she couldn’t cut it being a mom and didn’t decide to have it then slapchop it to death…I prefer self abortion to hearing about another “mom” that offed her toddler…
Anonymous

I love all the chicks that called me a slut when I got pregnant at 18.

I waited until I was 18 to have sex…. unlike them.

I had only had sex with one guy, who I had been in a long term relationship with…. unlike them.

I was by far not the slut in those instances.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YNI5RQEBPVZAO34MRQJZPGUGKI Vicki

I do not personally believe in abortion. That means I personally would never have one. That being said I don’t think the government should ever have a say in abortion. I firmly believe that if it ever is made illegal it will not stop abortion and that is just down right dangerous for women especially younger women. Back Alley Abortions should NEVER be common place in America like they were in generations past. Abortion is so expensive I can see why a young woman would look for a “home” solution. Maybe if resources were available to this young lady she could have gotten some counseling and maybe chose another path such as adoption but apparently she felt she was on her own with no where too turn.

It just kills me the Pro-Lifers who want to shut down Planned Parenthood and places like it. Anyone who does the research knows that it’s not all about abortions. More resources obviously need to be available where a woman can feel safe in seeking help when deciding to abort/give up/keep their baby.
observant_cat

Lmao!
” When i find a dead body, and I live in FL, so it’s only matter of time….”
Love it!
cherrybubblesbonbon

so damn ridiculous! how can anyone be sure what ended the pregnancy? this is such a load of buzzcocks im amazed the law had the audacity to arrest her! it was a blatant waste of public money and time i should think! fuckin halfwits! >:(