{"id":287255,"date":"2023-03-18T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=287255"},"modified":"2023-03-16T19:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T00:41:37","slug":"mom-charged-murder-baby-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mom-charged-murder-baby-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom charged with murder in newborn’s death months after failed abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Pennsylvania woman has been charged<\/a> with third-degree murder in the death of her newborn, months after she attempted to abort the baby.<\/p>\n

Police allege that\u00a0Chemari Truax attempted<\/a> to abort her child in November, but the abortion failed. Then, on March 7, she gave birth at her home when she was 23 weeks pregnant. Although the baby was born alive, Truax did not seek medical help until one hour had passed. The child later died of cardiac arrest at the hospital.<\/p>\n

According to a police report<\/a>,\u00a0Truax did not realize she was about to give birth, explaining “that she had been feeling nauseated and as if she was going to have diarrhea so she went to the bathroom,” when she went into labor.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTruax said the infant was breathing, but she did not believe the baby would survive. She did not seek or summon medical assistance [for the infant],” the report said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTruax cut the baby\u2019s umbilical cord, but did not clamp it. After approximately an hour of the infant continuing to breathe, Truax went to UPMC Williamsport,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0police further reported.<\/p>\n