{"id":319393,"date":"2024-09-27T06:42:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T11:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=319393"},"modified":"2025-05-19T21:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T02:26:21","slug":"south-carolina-woman-toilet-pro-life-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/south-carolina-woman-toilet-pro-life-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Are pro-life laws to blame for arrest of SC woman who delivered baby in a toilet?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CNN is sharing the story<\/a> of a woman who faced charges following the death of her newborn baby in March of 2023 in South Carolina. This week, a grand jury in Orangeburg, South Carolina, declined to indict Amari Marsh on murder charges. Questions remain about the case; however, the media is attempting to place blame for Marsh’s arrest on the state’s pro-life laws \u2014 which weren’t in effect at the time.<\/p>\n

The article was originally published by KFF Health News; as previously noted<\/a> by Live Action News, “KFF<\/a> [Kaiser Family Foundation] is heavily pro-abortion<\/a>\u00a0and Kaiser\u2019s own\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0lists multiple\u00a0pro-abortion philanthropists<\/a> as ‘funders,’ including the Gates and Buffett Foundation.”<\/p>\n

Amari Marsh, 21, was arrested<\/a> and charged with homicide in March of 2023 after she gave birth on a toilet at home after leaving a hospital hours earlier of her own accord, without being discharged by medical personnel, according to an article from the Times-Democrat published at the time of Marsh’s arrest. The article says she left because “the energy in the room was off and she felt uncomfortable.” She went into labor at 3 am the next morning in her bathroom, and called 911 shortly thereafter. When EMS arrived, the baby was in the toilet, covered with used toilet tissue. EMS tried to save the baby girl, who had shown signs of life, but she was pronounced dead upon arrival to the hospital.<\/p>\n

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According to the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office incident report<\/a>, Marsh’s boyfriend was also present inside the home at the time, but it does not indicate whether he was asleep or awake, or if he had any involvement. That report also states:<\/p>\n

Marsh advised in November 2022 she was aware that she was pregnant.<\/em><\/p>\n

Marsh advised in January 2023 she made an appointment with Plan Parenthood [sic] in Columbia, SC to take the Plan-C pill<\/strong> which would possibly cause an abortion to occur.<\/em><\/p>\n

Marsh advised she was supposed to have a follow-up appointment to make sure the pill worked but never went back<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Marsh advised on 2\/28\/23 she was experiencing pains in her abdomen and responded to RMC.<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite this report, Marsh later claimed that she never visited Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

The report notes that Marsh says she spent about four hours at the hospital. But other details seem more difficult to piece together.<\/p>\n

EMS Supervisor Sherron Washington told the deputy she had personally “responded to the incident location for the medical call” with two other medics. Washington said that Marsh had been “transported to RMC earlier by EMS and upon arrival, she jumped from the stretcher and ran away from the location.” Washington added that “Marsh was asked several times to remove the infant from the toilet but when they arrived, the infant was still located inside of the toilet…. When they removed the infant from the toilet the infant was covered in used toilet tissue.”<\/p>\n

The report states that Marsh asked the deputy at that time if the incident was under investigation, and told him “that she did not feel as though she did anything wrong.”<\/p>\n

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