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Fact-check: “40 recorded cases in human history” of postpartum psychosis
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A podcast claimed there have been "like 40 recorded cases in human history" of postpartum psychosis. We rate that false — truth score 0.03, confidence 0.96.
The claim aired on Timothy Gordon Rules for Retrogrades, one day after the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, while the Plymouth County DA is still deciding whether to retry.
We steelman it first, because there is something real underneath. The legal point is defensible: the US has no infanticide statute, insanity standards vary by state and are hard to meet, and successful…
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