A California woman was jailed for having a stillbirth. Her attorney says prosecution for miscarriages will 'only get worse' under the nation's current abortion rights crackdown.

The attorney who represented a California woman charged with murder after her stillborn baby tested positive for drugs said cases like hers will only get worse.

The Kings County District Attorney blamed her drug use for the death of her baby in 2019. She was freed after the charges were dropped because she was not able to raise the $2 million needed to post bail.

Samatha Lee of National Advocates for Pregnant Women told the San Francisco Chronicle that her client's case is part of a growing trend of criminalizing pregnant people after stillbirth.

Lee told the San Francisco Chronicle that anyone who does or doesn't do anything during their pregnancies could be charged the same. We expect it to only get worse.

Criminal prosecutions against pregnant people have tripled from 2006 to 2020. Several states have laws in place to make abortion a crime if the Supreme Court overturns Wade.

Becker, who had a second child who was placed into foster care and adopted before her release from jail, has become an advocate for a California bill that would stop pregnant women from being arrested.

In a letter to state lawmakers, she said she hoped that no woman would ever be prosecuted for losing a pregnant child.