.
.
UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY :
INDUSTRIES: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY :
POLITICS :
WAR ON WOMEN :
FETICIDE :
UNITED STATES: STATES: INDIANA:
Indiana's OTHER Outrageous Law
.
.
Indiana's OTHER Outrageous Law
By Sally Kohn
CNN
Updated 5:10 PM ET, Tue March 31, 2015
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/opinions/kohn-indiana-anti-abortion-law/
.
.
As Amanda Marcotte of Slate pointed out in February, Patel "was convicted
both of killing a baby and killing a fetus." The only thing more
preposterous than this is that Patel was charged in the first place.
.
The evidence against her has been shaky from the start. Initially, police
questioned Patel when she was still in the hospital without an attorney
present. Prosecutors would later introduce text messages indicating that
Patel had purchased miscarriage-inducing drugs, but there was no evidence
Patel took the drugs. In fact, they didn't show up in blood tests just
after she miscarried.
.
Nonetheless, after five hours of deliberation, a jury convicted Patel of
two entirely contradictory crimes based on entirely circumstantial
evidence. And on March 30, 2015, she was given a 30-year-sentence on the
felony neglect charge, 10 of which were suspended. She'll serve a
concurrent six-year sentence for feticide.
.
Patel is the second pregnant woman to be charged under Indiana's
anti-choice "feticide" law. In 2011, Bei Bei Shuai was charged with
feticide after she attempted to commit suicide when she was eight months
pregnant. In 2013, lawyers announced Shuai had reached a plea agreement
just before her trial was set to begin.
.
Still, both cases presented troubled pregnant women who needed help from
medical authorities and their government. But Indiana's harsh
anti-abortion laws, and the broader culture that seeks to control the
decisions pregnant women can make about their own bodies, make women far
less likely to reach out for this help.
.
Conservatives like to say that women are the "victims of abortion" and
that laws such as the Indiana "feticide" measure are intended to "protect"
them. Years ago, the president of the anti-choice Susan B. Anthony List
made assurances that the specter of women being prosecuted and jailed
under anti-choice laws was nothing more than fearmongering by pro-choice
activists. The website of the Ohio Right to Life association similarly
argues that "no one is interested in sending women to jail."
.
And in fact, the Indiana "feticide" law was plainly intended to
criminalize "knowing or intentional termination of another's pregnancy."
But there's no escaping the reality it has been used to turn pregnant
women into criminals. So much for not sending women to jail.
.
.
The complete article may be read at the URL above.
.
.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
http://workface.com/e/daviddillard
Net-Gold
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html
https://groups.io/org/groupsio/Net-Gold/archives
http://net-gold.3172864.n2.nabble.com/
Research Guides
https://sites.google.com/site/researchguidesonsites/
RESEARCH PAPER WRITING
http://guides.temple.edu/research-papers
EMPLOYMENT
http://guides.temple.edu/employment-guide
INTERNSHIPS
http://guides.temple.edu/employment-internships
HOSPITALITY
http://guides.temple.edu/hospitality-guide
DISABILITIES AND EMPLOYMENT
http://guides.temple.edu/c.php?g=134557
INDOOR GARDENING
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/IndoorGardeningUrban/info
Educator-Gold
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/
K12ADMINLIFE
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/K12AdminLIFE/
PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCES INCLUDING EBOLA
http://guides.temple.edu/public-health-guide
Blog
https://educatorgold.wordpress.com/
Articles by David Dillard
https://sites.google.com/site/daviddillardsarticles/
Information Literacy (Russell Conwell Center Guide)
http://tinyurl.com/78a4shn
Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neemers/
Twitter: davidpdillard
Temple University Site Map
https://sites.google.com/site/templeunivsitemap/home
Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds),
Wellness and Tourism: Mind, Body, Spirit,
Place, New York: Cognizant Communication Books.
Wellness Tourism: Bibliographic and Webliographic Essay
David P. Dillard
http://tinyurl.com/p63whl
RailTram Discussion Group
From the Union Pacific to BritRail and Beyond
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/railtram/info
INDOOR GARDENING
Improve Your Chances for Indoor Gardening Success
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/
SPORT-MED
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sports-med/
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/sport-med.html
HEALTH DIET FITNESS RECREATION SPORTS TOURISM
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/healthrecsport/info
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/health-recreation-sports-tourism.html
.
.
Please Ignore All Links to JIGLU
in search results for Net-Gold and related lists.
The Net-Gold relationship with JIGLU has
been terminated by JIGLU and these are dead links.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/30664
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/message/145
Temple University Listserv Alert :
Years 2009 and 2010 Eliminated from Archives
https://sites.google.com/site/templeuniversitylistservalert/
.
.
