PATEL v. STATE

No. 71A04-1504-CR-166.

60 N.E.3d 1041 (2016)

Purvi PATEL, Appellant-Defendant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

July 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Schumm , Appellate Clinic, Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indianapolis, IN, Lawrence C. Marshall , Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, Attorneys for Appellant.

Gregory F. Zoeller , Attorney General of Indiana, Ellen H. Meilaender , Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

Laura Paul , Indianapolis, IN, Jill E. Adams , Melissa A. Mikesell , Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Berkeley, CA, Attorneys for Amici Curiae, Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, et al.

Grace B. Atwater , Kammen & Moudy, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Asian-American and Pacific Islander Organizations in Support of Appellant.

Julie D. Cantor , Santa Monica, CA, Linda L. Pence , Pence Hensel LLC, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Amici Curiae The Innocence Network and Dr. Gregory J. Davis.

Lynn M. Paltrow , National Advocates for Pregnant Women New York, NY, Katherine D. Jack , Law Office of Katherine Jack, Greenfield, IN, Attorney for Amici Curiae National Advocates for Pregnant Women and Experts in Public Health, Health Advocacy, and Bioethics.

Cynthia Soohoo , International Women's Human Rights Clinic, City University of New York Law School, Long Island City, NY, Sandra L. Blevins , Betz + Blevins, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Amici Curiae International Women's Human Rights Clinic, Amnesty International, and The Center for Reproductive Rights.


Case Summary

Thirty-two-year-old Purvi Patel managed her father's restaurant in Mishawaka. A relationship with a restaurant employee resulted in her pregnancy. In June 2013, she purchased mifepristone and misoprostol online from a Hong Kong pharmacy and used those drugs to terminate the pregnancy at home. On the evening of...

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