BURLINGTON, IOWA (AP) -- Prosecutors say they won't formally charge a Burlington woman who was accused of trying to end her pregnancy.
Twenty-two-year-old Christine Taylor, a mother of two, says she was falsely accused after a Jan. 19 incident in which she fell down the stairs of her home.
Taylor told The Des Moines Register that she believes the personal views of medical workers and police played a part in a decision to accused her of attempted feticide.
After reviewing the case, Des Moines County prosecutors says they have decided not to formally charge Taylor.
Lynn Paltrow of the New York-based National Advocates for Pregnant Women says transforming some mothers' difficult and painful circumstances into a crime would make every pregnant woman "vulnerable to criminal prosecution."
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