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Lindsey Clancy’s criminal trial for allegedly killing her children has sparked debate about postpartum psychosis. Some feel a new mom who tried futilely to get mental health care deserves mercy; others condemn her as a killer. The law tends to judge mothers harshly, writes @queenmab.bsky.social.
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Lindsay Clancy Case Exposes How We Criminalize the Tragedies of Motherhood: Analysis
A mistrial may have been the right outcome here. But moms of dead children tend to be harshly judged, even when they've done nothing wrong. Mia Brett traces the legal history of assuming maternal guil...