All parties concerned have politicized what is a mental health issue.

The state is prosecuting the woman because she fell through the cracks (she ought have been treated for her condition or involuntarily been committed by a state mechanism that either didn’t exist or was poorly administered). The fact that a person who might have hurt herself or her unborn child is evidence enough to have the woman committed. The fact that did not happen is the state’s failing.

The ACLU is getting involved because they have a high profile soapbox.

It really is that simple.

Attempts to score political points on the basis of this tragic story are disingenuous and cynical at the very least.