She was jailed for losing a pregnancy. Her nightmare could become more common

Chelsea Becker, prosecuted for murder after her stillbirth, spent 16 months in jail: Why did the hospital call police?'

On 4 November 2019, TV stations across California blasted Chelsea Becker's photo on their news editions. The search was on" for a troubled" 25-year-old woman wanted for the murder of her unborn baby", news anchors said, warning viewers not to approach if they spotted her but to call the authorities.

The next day, Becker was asleep at the home she was staying in when officers with the Hanford police department arrived.