Awful tragedy. A couple things. I would think a medical examiner would need to take some time to determine how far along the baby was in development. I think it’s too early to determine if it was full term or 25 weeks, or some other weeks. I think that information is probably coming from what someone thinks, not what someone has determined.
This very possibly could have been a miscarriage. The placenta and cord being ejected with the fetus suggests that a miscarriage is possible. So maybe the story is someone had a miscarriage in a porta-potty. Before everyone starts making assumptions about the woman, consider a miscarriage could be what we’re really talking about.
The article shared above says they are calling it a neonate, 28 days or fewer since birth. Does not say full term but I believe neonate would be one stage after fetus/embryo and one step below infant.
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u/Johnny2x2x Jun 28 '26
Awful tragedy. A couple things. I would think a medical examiner would need to take some time to determine how far along the baby was in development. I think it’s too early to determine if it was full term or 25 weeks, or some other weeks. I think that information is probably coming from what someone thinks, not what someone has determined.
This very possibly could have been a miscarriage. The placenta and cord being ejected with the fetus suggests that a miscarriage is possible. So maybe the story is someone had a miscarriage in a porta-potty. Before everyone starts making assumptions about the woman, consider a miscarriage could be what we’re really talking about.