. >> reporter: after the death of her 22-week-old fetus, brittney watts felt distraught, heart broken, empty, according to texts she sent to local television station wjw. a coroner's report and 911 call obtained by cnn details the days before and after the miscarriage that led to her arrest and felony charge. >> i had a mother who had a delivery at home and came in without the baby. >> reporter: in mid september watts visit the hospital multiple times and was told her water broke and her fetus would not survive. medical staff recommended watts be induced into labor. at first she declined medical care, but later returned to the hospital intending to give birth. according to a "washington post" interview, watts waited eight hours to give birth, as doctors and officials decided whether it would violate ohio laws. she miscarried into a toilet. she returned to the hospital a third time after her miscarriage, where hospital staff called police. >> if it was born alive, i am certain it is not now alive. >> reporter: investigators found the fetus, still stuck in the toilet at watts' home. wat

can you just talk about the horrors of what brittney watts is suffering? re are many other brittany watts across the country. she is the one we know of that is facing a felony charge for miscarrying in a toilet. >> what we have to understand is that this is also not new for black women. it's important to understand that her case has not really gotten the attention it deserves, which is also not unusual. in the 1980s and '90s, black women were the canaries in the coal mine, literally being dragged out of hospitals in shackles and chains after giving birth because they were snitched on by their doctors and nurses, lured into hospitals under the pretext they would get prenatal care. but their confidential medical information turned over to law enforcement. so, what we're seeing that was old is now new again in this post-dobbs moment. and i want to pause to really think about what's happened to her and other women across the country, how frightening it is to wait eight hours in a hospital, not getting the care that you need while you are bleeding, while you are