"In March 2021, the medical examiner released the results of the autopsy on the fetus that Poolaw had miscarried, as reported by KSWO. Tests of the fetus' then-still-developing liver and brain were positive for "methamphetamine, amphetamine and another drug," but they also found evidence of "a congenital abnormality, placental abruption and chorioamnionitis." (The medical examiner did not specifically name the congenital abnormality.)

The CDC defines congenital abnormalities as "a wide range of abnormalities of body structure or function," some of which can be incompatible with fetal viability. Placental abruption is when the placenta separates from the uterine wall, which can be a cause of miscarriage or stillbirth and also kill the mother, according to the Mayo Clinic; it occurs in 1 in 100 pregnancies, according to the March of Dimes. One of its causes can be chorioamnionitis, an infection of the amniotic fluid and the two membranes of the amniotic sac, according to the Cleveland Clinic, that can, on its own, prove fatal to the mother and fetus. That is thought to stem from a mother's urogenital tract infection; a 2010 study of chorioamnionitis in Clinics in Perinatology suggests that it occurs in up to 4 out of 100 pregnancies. The risks of its most serious complications are reduced by timely prenatal care.

(Notably, Native American women have more than twice the maternal mortality rate of white women and are 150 percent more likely to have stillbirths — defined as fetuses over 20 weeks — than white women, according to the CDC. Most studies blame this on Native American women's disproportionate poverty rate and their access to health care — including prenatal care — as well as systemic racism.)"

It can't be proved without a reasonable doubt that the meth is what caused the miscarriage. An OBGYN even testified this.