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Pardon Purvi Patel who was jailed for having an abortion.

Created by J.L. on August 07, 2015

Purvi Patel, 33, became the first U.S. woman in March charged and convicted under statewide feticide laws in Indiana. Patel had hid her pregnancy from her conservative, religious family. She went to an emergency room bleeding heavily, and was then arrested, NBC News reports. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison, and is appealing her conviction.

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