At 21 weeks pregnant, 33 year old Brittany Watts began passing thick blood clots. The Associated Press reported Watts went to the hospital, where she was told the pregnancy was not viable and she would need to have labor induced or her own health could be in danger.

After several hours awaiting care, Watts left the hospital and ultimately miscarried into a toilet at her home, then she flushed and plunged it. Now she's being charged with abuse of a corpse and reproductive rights groups are outraged.

"It is a completely unjust charge against her. There is nothing in Ohio laws that actually guide us toward what should be done with a fetus after miscarriage," said Dr. Marcela Azuvedo, president and co-founder of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights.

So the group is calling on Trumbull County prosecutors to throw the case out.

"What happened to miss Watts is a really difficult case but it's particularly difficult for her and we should not be criminalizing that," said Azuvedo. "By adding criminalization to this process, we certainly are going to make women and any other person who needs medical care be afraid to ask for their care," she said.

In that same way, prosecutors can decide to dismiss cases like these if there's "undue hardship that would be caused to the accused by the prosecution or if the accused has already suffered substantial loss in connection with the alleged crime."

However, a grand jury has to make a decision first.

Prosecutor Dennis Watkins said "The case has been determined by a judge that there's sufficient evidence to present to a grand jury and the grand jury will decide in it's discretion if charges will go forward." 21 News reached out to Watts' attorney and never heard back. A grand jury is still considering Watts' case.