Purvi Patel, the woman whose 20 year feticide conviction for self-inducing an abortion was recently overturned by the Indiana Court of Appeals, was released from jail this morning.
An Important Precedent Set in the Case of Purvi Patel
Last month, a state appeals court overturned Indiana woman Purvi Patel’s feticide conviction, finding that the “Indiana legislature did not intended for the feticide statute to apply to illegal abortions or to be used to prosecute women for their own abortions.”
Indiana Court Hears Arguments to Free Purvi Patel, Imprisoned for Abortion
More than a year after she was sentenced to 20 years prison for terminating her pregnancy, Purvi Patel finally had the opportunity to have her case heard by the Indiana Court of Appeals on Monday.
It’s Been a Month: Purvi Patel is Still in Prison for a Miscarriage
Purvi Patel, a 33-year-old Indian-American who was convicted in Indiana for what she continually asserts was a miscarriage, has now been in prison for more than 30 days.
Purvi Patel, Imprisoned for a Miscarriage in Indiana, Has Filed an Appeal
A Stanford law professor, Lawrence Marshall, is taking Patel’s case pro bono.
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