Jurors in Lindsay Clancy trial deliberating for a third day

The Lindsay Clancy trial has drawn an unexpected surge of public empathy. Though Clancy admits to killing her three children, some supporters argue her case serves as a cautionary tale about postpartum mental health and women's struggles to receive needed help. Her supporters have formed groups outside Plymouth Superior Court, wearing pink, and sharing messages of support online. Many are women who have experienced postpartum depression, anxiety, or other mental health challenges.

Melissa Merrill, 41, asserted, "I think she's a victim of a failed medical system, and I think women's mental health isn't taken seriously enough. I've been a mom where you don't want to say how you feel due to stigma... 'If I say I feel this way, what if my kid gets taken away?'". Merrill added, "She's in her own hell. She lost all of her babies. She lost her husband. She's in a wheelchair. I mean, she's going to live with this for the rest of her life. I don't think prison is going to help her with her mental state."

Sarah Miller, 38, who traveled 17 hours from Indiana and slept in her car to protest outside the courthouse, told the New York Post, "I felt like I needed to be here." Miller related to Clancy because they both had undergone the ordeal of being experimented on with medications. "As a mother, as a female, as someone who has struggled with mental health themselves… I understand."