The case of Purvi Patel is a very sad one. The Indiana woman, who was convicted of illegally inducing her own abortion and then allowing the fetus to die was sentenced to a whopping 20 years in prison. The case shows our country heading in a very scary direction:
It’s tempting to simply look away from Patel’s case on the grounds that it is an outlier, however tragic. But it demonstrates how unsparing the criminal-justice system can be to women whose pregnancies end in (or otherwise involve) suspicious circumstances. If one lesson of the case is about the legal risk of inducing your own late-term abortion, another is about the peril of trying to get medical help when you are bleeding and in pain.
Patel got 20 years for an abortion and George Zimmerman is walking free.
Team Blackness discussed Patel’s case in great detail, followed up on Isaiah Washington’s questionable views on racial profiling, and even more on Indiana.
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20 Years In Prison For Making A Decision About Her Own BodyPost + Comments (75)