#PURVI PATEL

[mysharona1987]

Remember, Indiana, which is like, 95% white, only ever convicted two women and sent them to jail under such circumstances.

Their names:

Purvi Patel and Bei Bei Shuai

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Our Story : Opportunity to Earn and Learn: Workshop on Soap Making

Our Story : Opportunity to Earn and Learn: Workshop on Soap Making

SOUNDARYA CS The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry held a two-day workshop on soap making as an entrepreneurial activity on 11 and 12 October 2022. The workshop was in collaboration with Plum & Plush, a hand-made soap business founded by alumna, Anusha Rajanna. The first day of the workshop was a training session held in the chemistry lab. It started with an introduction by Dr Grace S…

[unfairandlovely]

A white woman in Tennessee was forced to plead guilty for the abortion she performed on herself. I think Purvi Patel was just the beginning. This is scary times.

[le-fils-de-lhomme]

The internet has the memory of a goldfish. Many cannot be arsed to remember Purvi Patel or Bei Bei Shuai.

[baravaggio]

genuinely so upsetting to revisit the stories of purvi patel, bei bei shuai, christine taylor, rennie gibbs, and of course gerri santoro after the supreme court decision. this country hates women, especially woc, so so much lol

[libraford]

Really hard not to think about Purvi Patel right now.

[nikkiheartskalyn]

"In early 1960, Fran Avallone had a miscarriage at six months. She was bleeding on an examination table with the dead fetus already extracted and had to sit and wait while covered in blood and her legs open. Because it was 1960. They needed to investigate and prove she had a miscarriage and had not committed manslaughter. During the unbelievably tragic event of losing a wanted child far into pregnancy – she had to sit in her own blood before evidence could be turned over to the police.

In 1973, the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade and abortion became legal with restrictions.

In 1987, Angela Carder was 26 weeks pregnant and was being treated for cancer. Her doctors considered a C-section even though they did not think her fetus was viable. She was too heavily medicated to make her own decision, but her family said not to do the procedure because it might kill her. The hospital feared legal liability and a Court intervened. They determined the government’s interest in the child outweighed the mother’s and ordered the procedure. The fetus and the mother both died during the surgery.

The DC Court of Appeals overturned her case post mortem and made a persuasive influential case for refusal of treatment and families' input, if patient is incapacitated, based on what the patient would want in 1990 in In re AC, 573 A.2d 1235 (DC 1990).

In 1999, Regina McKnight was sentenced to 15 years in prison for homicide after she had a stillbirth that was allegedly caused by cocaine use. It took 8 years before she was released after medical evidence proved the baby died from an infection – not drugs.

In 2003, Michelle Greenup went to the hospital with unexplained vaginal bleeding. She was charged with second-degree murder. She was incarcerated for nearly a year before her counsel obtained her medical records and proved she had a miscarriage.

In 2004, Melissa Rowland was pregnant with twins and refused a C-section because she was given misinformation by medical staff about the invasive nature of the incision. One twin was stillborn. Melissa Rowland was charged with first degree criminal homicide. Sentencing ranges from 5 years to life in prison.

In 2010, Christine Taylor fell down a flight of stairs at her home. She was pregnant with her third child and went to the hospital to make sure the fetus was not harmed. She was arrested for attempted feticide.

In 2011, Bei Bei Shuai was clinically depressed and attempted suicide while pregnant. She lived, but her fetus was stillborn. She was charged with murder.

In 2013, Purvi Patel went to the emergency room with severe bleeding. She had miscarried and put the fetus in a dumpster out of fear from her religious family who did not believe in premarital sex. Despite no abortifacient found in her blood stream – she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for neglect of a dependent and feticide.

Between 1979 and 2014, peer reviewed studies show at least 793 women have been legally detained against their will due to their pregnancy.

“Detained” includes a Laura Pamberton who was in active labor in Florida in 1996. She wanted to give birth at home because she believed a C-section would hurt her and her child. Her doctor sought emergency court intervention because he believed vaginal birth could harm the baby. The police came to Laura’s house, restrained her, *strapped her legs together*, and forced her to go to the hospital. Counsel argued for the fetus. Laura and her husband were not given any right to counsel. Laura was forced to have a C-section. Later, she gave vaginal birth to 3 other children without complication.

All of this has happened while abortion is still legal with restrictions.

Now, states are challenging Roe v. Wade with the most restrictive bans on abortion in half a century.

Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, and Ohio passed a “fetal heartbeat” bill banning abortion at 6 weeks. It’s important to understand:

(1) “Fetal Heartbeat” is just a 6-week ban. There is no “fetal heartbeat” at 6 weeks. A 6-week pregnancy is not a “fetus” – it is an embryo. And an embryo does not have a heartbeat. The “heartbeat” is a collection of vibrating cells at the fetal pole.

(2) 6 weeks is so early in pregnancy you could miscarry and *not know you were pregnant*. Especially if you were on birth control at the time. At the 7th week, even if you wanted the pregnancy, you will be investigated if you miscarry. If the investigation shows your actions lead to the miscarriage (see above) – you could face life in prison or the death penalty.

Missouri just passed an 8-week ban. There is no exception for rape or incest. One law maker said a girl raped by her father should be forced to give birth to the child for the father’s right to use the evidence to prove whether he raped her.

Alabama just passed an abortion ban as soon as the egg is fertilized. There is no exception for rape or incest,.

And in case it isn’t 100% clear that these laws are about punishing women, an Alabama law maker brought up that medical facilities have fertilized eggs that are discarded during the in vitro fertilization process. Under this law – that is an abortion.

However, when asked how the law would affect those eggs – the Alabama bill’s sponsor said, “The egg in the lab doesn’t apply. It’s not a woman. She’s not pregnant.”

In May, 2019, in Ohio an 11 year old child was raped. She became pregnant. Once Ohio’s current ban goes into effect – the government would force her to remain pregnant and give birth.

Do not think for one second that these laws will not have serious consequences on anyone who can give birth. Not just those who choose to have an abortion. These laws mean the government investigate miscarriages. It means providing a zygote with an attorney, but not the mother or father. It means jail. It means women dying.

This isn’t hypothetical. This is real. It has happened before. It is happening now. Take it very fucking seriously.

Get educated"

- Maggie Snap

A woman who doesn't have reproductive rights can never be free.

[evenwolvesdream]

Reposted:

"In early 1960, Fran Avallone had a miscarriage at six months. She was bleeding on an examination table with the dead fetus already extracted and had to sit and wait while covered in blood and her legs open. Because it was 1960. They needed to investigate and prove she had a miscarriage and had not committed manslaughter. During the unbelievably tragic event of losing a wanted child far into pregnancy – she had to sit in her own blood before evidence could be turned over to the police.

In 1973, the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade and abortion became legal with restrictions.

In 1987, Angela Carder was 26 weeks pregnant and was being treated for cancer. Her doctors considered a C-section even though they did not think her fetus was viable. She was too heavily medicated to make her own decision, but her family said not to do the procedure because it might kill her. The hospital feared legal liability and a Court intervened. They determined the government’s interest in the child outweighed the mother’s and ordered the procedure. The fetus and the mother both died during the surgery.

The DC Court of Appeals overturned her case post mortem and made a persuasive influential case for refusal of treatment and families' input, if patient is incapacitated, based on what the patient would want in 1990 in In re AC, 573 A.2d 1235 (DC 1990).

In 1999, Regina McKnight was sentenced to 15 years in prison for homicide after she had a stillbirth that was allegedly caused by cocaine use. It took 8 years before she was released after medical evidence proved the baby died from an infection – not drugs.

In 2003, Michelle Greenup went to the hospital with unexplained vaginal bleeding. She was charged with second-degree murder. She was incarcerated for nearly a year before her counsel obtained her medical records and proved she had a miscarriage.

In 2004, Melissa Rowland was pregnant with twins and refused a C-section because she was given misinformation by medical staff about the invasive nature of the incision. One twin was stillborn. Melissa Rowland was charged with first degree criminal homicide. Sentencing ranges from 5 years to life in prison.

In 2010, Christine Taylor fell down a flight of stairs at her home. She was pregnant with her third child and went to the hospital to make sure the fetus was not harmed. She was arrested for attempted feticide.

In 2011, Bei Bei Shuai was clinically depressed and attempted suicide while pregnant. She lived, but her fetus was stillborn. She was charged with murder.

In 2013, Purvi Patel went to the emergency room with severe bleeding. She had miscarried and put the fetus in a dumpster out of fear from her religious family who did not believe in premarital sex. Despite no abortifacient found in her blood stream – she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for neglect of a dependent and feticide.

Between 1979 and 2014, peer reviewed studies show at least 793 women have been legally detained against their will due to their pregnancy.

“Detained” includes a Laura Pamberton who was in active labor in Florida in 1996. She wanted to give birth at home because she believed a C-section would hurt her and her child. Her doctor sought emergency court intervention because he believed vaginal birth could harm the baby. The police came to Laura’s house, restrained her, *strapped her legs together*, and forced her to go to the hospital. Counsel argued for the fetus. Laura and her husband were not given any right to counsel. Laura was forced to have a C-section. Later, she gave vaginal birth to 3 other children without complication.

All of this has happened while abortion is still legal with restrictions.

Now, states are challenging Roe v. Wade with the most restrictive bans on abortion in half a century.

Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, and Ohio passed a “fetal heartbeat” bill banning abortion at 6 weeks. It’s important to understand:

(1) “Fetal Heartbeat” is just a 6-week ban. There is no “fetal heartbeat” at 6 weeks. A 6-week pregnancy is not a “fetus” – it is an embryo. And an embryo does not have a heartbeat. The “heartbeat” is a collection of vibrating cells at the fetal pole.

(2) 6 weeks is so early in pregnancy you could miscarry and *not know you were pregnant*. Especially if you were on birth control at the time. At the 7th week, even if you wanted the pregnancy, you will be investigated if you miscarry. If the investigation shows your actions lead to the miscarriage (see above) – you could face life in prison or the death penalty.

Missouri just passed an 8-week ban. There is no exception for rape or incest. One law maker said a girl raped by her father should be forced to give birth to the child for the father’s right to use the evidence to prove whether he raped her.

Alabama just passed an abortion ban as soon as the egg is fertilized. There is no exception for rape or incest,.

And in case it isn’t 100% clear that these laws are about punishing women, an Alabama law maker brought up that medical facilities have fertilized eggs that are discarded during the in vitro fertilization process. Under this law – that is an abortion.

However, when asked how the law would affect those eggs – the Alabama bill’s sponsor said, “The egg in the lab doesn’t apply. It’s not a woman. She’s not pregnant.”

In May, 2019, in Ohio an 11 year old child was raped. She became pregnant. Once Ohio’s current ban goes into effect – the government would force her to remain pregnant and give birth.

Do not think for one second that these laws will not have serious consequences on anyone who can give birth. Not just those who choose to have an abortion. These laws mean the government investigate miscarriages. It means providing a zygote with an attorney, but not the mother or father. It means jail. It means women dying.

This isn’t hypothetical. This is real. It has happened before. It is happening now. Take it very fucking seriously.

Get educated"

- Maggie Snap

A woman who doesn't have reproductive rights can never be free.

Additional:

And not to forget, Men who abuse their wife and causes her to lose the pregnancy are not charged with murder unless the baby is born alive and takes breath and then dies from injuries related to the abuse. If they are still born they are only charged with battery, under common law in most states.

[rapeculturerealities]

As more states try to adopt what are essentially full bans on abortion, I’ve seen some on the right argue that criminalizing the procedure won’t really punish women — that no matter what the law says, in reality no one is going to put a woman in jail for getting an abortion.

This is absolutely not true, and we have proof: Women are already being arrested and put in jail because of anti-choice laws — even with the protection of Roe v. Wade.

Melissa Ann Rowland of Utah was arrested and charged with murder after one of her twins was stillborn. The reason? She had refused a C-section.

Purvi Patel of Indiana was sentenced to 20 years in prison for feticide. She said she had a miscarriage, and no traces of any abortifacient were found in her blood work.

Angela Carder was 27 years old, 26 weeks pregnant, and had cancer. She was forced to undergo a C-section in Washington, D.C. to try to save the baby despite the risk to her health. They both died.

Michelle Lee — on a waiting list for a heart transplant — was denied an abortion by a Louisiana hospital despite the pregnancy endangering her life. She had to be transported to Texas by ambulance to end the pregnancy.

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[entitledrichpeople]

This isn’t the first person jailed for having a miscarriage or for “bad behavior” while pregnant.  Bei Bei Shuai was charged with murder for trying to commit suicide while pregnant.  Purvi Patel had a miscarriage and was sentenced to 20 years for murder and when that was overturned she was still sentenced for child neglect.  Several women have been charged with child abuse and homicide for refusing c-sections.

The types of extreme punishment and control directed towards pregnant people that opponents of fetal homicide laws warned about, and that proponents of fetal homicide laws insisted wouldn’t happen, are happening now.

[kineticpenguin]

Hmmm well Jessica Valenti is a radfem so anything more right wing than killing your unborn kids on demand is like mowing down racial minorities with machine guns

Okay, so. Here’s the thing. Was any of what she said in that thread false?

I looked up the twitter thread in question. She linked to sources for each of those cases. She doesn’t misrepresent what they say, either. As a bonus I looked up the outcomes.

Melissa Ann Rowland was indeed charged with murder for refusing a C-section. She wound up pleading guilty to two third-degree felony counts of child endangerment.

Purvi Patel was sentenced to 20 years for feticide from a miscarriage in 2015. The conviction was overturned on appeal a year later, with the case remanded to the trial court “with instructions to enter judgment ofconviction for class D felony neglect of a dependent and resentence Patelaccordingly.”

Angela Carder was forced to undergo a C-section to save her fetus even though her doctors did not believe it was viable. She was seen as too heavily medicated to make her own decisions, but her family believed she would not want to undergo the procedure. The hospital, seeking to cover its own ass in case they would be legally liable for failing to do everything to save the fetus, asked for a court ruling. The judge looked at the situation as striking a balance between the patients’ wishes and the duty of the state to preserve life, and ordered the surgery. The baby lived for two hours. Carder died two days later. The hospital settled with her family out of court.

Rennie Gibbs was charged with murder in 2007 because prosecutors believed her miscarriage was caused by cocaine toxicity. No cocaine was found in the fetus’ blood and experts believed that the umbilical cord wrapped around its neck was the likely cause. The charges were dismissed in 2014.

Without a name, I wasn’t able to find anything about the Louisiana woman beyond what was in the linked NYT column.

Christine Taylor was charged with trying to illegally end her own pregnancy even though she went to the ER after falling down the stairs to make sure it was okay, all because she voiced doubts to the nurse about wanting to go through with the pregnancy. She was estranged from her husband and worried about raising three children alone. The nurse called the police. The prosecutors ended up dropping the charges.

Bei Bei Shuai was charged with murder due to her suicide attempt that resulted in the death of her baby and spent well over a year in jail before pleading guilty to misdemeanor criminal recklessness for time served.

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JNC Elects New Student Council

JNC Elects New Student Council

JNC Elects New Student Council PURVI PATEL The newly elected Student Council is visibly excited to take on their new roles Our Story had a conversation with the newly elected Student Council members after the Investiture ceremony on 9 September 2022. The event was filled with leaders excited to take on their new roles. The auditorium was buzzing with enthusiasm and the sound of applause…

[le-fils-de-lhomme]

The internet has the memory of a goldfish. Many cannot be arsed to remember Purvi Patel or Bei Bei Shuai.

[carolinemillerbooks]

New Post has been published on http://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-wrong-of-doing-right-and-the-idiots-who-think-they-can-judge/

The Wrong Of Doing Right And The People Who Think They can Judge

Yasmin Nair, in “Rights Make Might,” gives us a damning picture of Hillary Clinton, the woman who  almost became the 45th U. S. president. (Baffler, Winter 16, No. 33, pgs. 37- 48.) One complaint the author levels is Hillary’s support for her husband’s welfare reforms during his term in office.  ...

[tafkarfanfic]

Think they're exaggerating? Pence has already done this in his state and wants to take it nationwide.

During Mike Pence’s first year as governor of Indiana, his state put a young woman in prison for having a miscarriage, alleging that she’d taken an abortion-causing drug. Purvi Patel didn’t have a trace of such a drug in her system, but Pence’s state sentenced her to 20 years in prison anyway.

There's many more cases where this has happened. Read the article. If we don't fight now, we're in deep trouble.