It's not a strawman. You said "mysterious circumstances" when we are talking about miscarriages. Do you think they are the same or not? It's a very simple question.
>Do you not want police to investigate reports of someone disposing of human remains in a dumpster?
What does this have to do with a miscarriage????
Oh, check out the links that started this discussion. tldr- A woman was seen disposing of a baby's body in a dumpster, prompting an investigation. She was ultimately cleared as it was indeed a miscarriage.
That's what I've been talking about. Obviously nobody's being investigated for routine miscarriages.
I find the "shouldn't we investigate dumping possible human remains into a dumpster?" question to be a red herring at best but: yes, sure, we should. I do not find it relevant to menstruation data captured by an application. If we have the remains, we know the age of the fetus or baby, and can prove whether a particular suspect is the mother of that fetus or baby.
Obviously nobody's being investigated for routine miscarriages.
In fact the opposite is much more "obvious" to me: I think a lot of people in America (and elsewhere) would absolutely support such a thing.
At least one county prosecutor in WV is, in fact, discussing investigating routine miscarriages: https://www.wvnstv.com/news/local-news/prosecutor-warns-of-p...
From the article:
> State law does not require a woman to notify authorities when she miscarries, but Truman said that women who miscarry in West Virginia can protect themselves against potential criminal charges by reporting the miscarriage to local law enforcement. > > “Call your doctor. Call law enforcement, or 911, and just say, ‘I miscarried. I want you to know,'” advised Truman.
Now, in fairness, the state's association of prosecutors has clarified that this is not official policy and that the association as a whole does not support it. But it's definitely not out of the realm of possibility.
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2025/06/pros...
> Obviously nobody's being investigated for routine miscarriages.
Not obvious that this will remain the case. These advocates did not just disappear once they achieved their goal of overturning RvW. They are working towards their next milestones. I guarantee you there are at least politically active citizens in all 50 states who would support criminalizing routine miscarriage, if not actual elected officials working towards it, and speaking publicly about it.
> Obviously nobody's being investigated for routine miscarriages.
Sorry, how does a third party know the miscarriage was "routine?" What is a non-routine miscarriage? Why would it be criminal, it's still a miscarriage? What's the suspicion?
The article you refer to, the investigation happened, not because there was a miscarriage, but because a body was seen being dumped...
Maybe it was the mistake of the other poster for sharing that link, but I do not see what it has to do with your point at all. Either miscarriages are illegal or not... you said they should be investigated when they are "mysterious circumstances" and I am repeatedly asking you to explain when a miscarriage is a mysterious circumstance? Even more so, when is it such that it has any relevancy to this discussion about the state tracking a woman's pregnancy through digital data.
>Oh, check out the links that started this discussion. tldr- A woman was seen disposing of a baby's body in a dumpster, prompting an investigation. She was ultimately cleared as it was indeed a miscarriage.
What about all the other incidents in the other article besides the one you decided to talk about because you are not willing to state whether or not you think a miscarriage is a "mysterious circumstance?" Which seems like a very straightforward question and I do not understand your unwillingness to provide a response when your previous posts make it very unclear as to whether or not you think a miscarriage is a normal occurrence.
>I do not understand your unwillingness to provide a response ... as to whether or not you think a miscarriage is a normal occurrence
Why would I? It's such a rude question. We are discussing the nuances of suspicious "miscarriages" that appear to be home abortions constituting valid reason for investigation and possible prosecution, and you are hung up on ridiculous strawmen as if you're the only person who understands the issue so everybody else who disagrees must be an uninformed sociopath. It's disrespectful and immature. Yes, I have the basic concepts of mammalian biology well understood. And this will be my signoff to you and this discussion.
> We are discussing the nuances of suspicious "miscarriages" that appear to be home abortions constituting valid reason for investigation and possible prosecution
No. We weren't. We were talking about miscarriages being tracked through these kinds of apps. You selected one of over 20 examples provided by one poster.
> you are hung up on ridiculous strawmen as if you're the only person who understands the issue so everybody else who disagrees must be an uninformed sociopath
It was your strawman. You talked about "suspicious miscarriages" or whatever the exact term was. Something you made up on your own.
> Yes, I have the basic concepts of mammalian biology well understood
That's actually not clear at all as evidenced by the several other posters that took the same exact issue with your bizarre characterizations. But great job making yourself into some sort of victim here!