Purvi Patel

Purvi Patel gets 20 years in jail for foeticide in first such conviction in US

A U.S. woman's 20-year sentence in the death of her premature infant was cruel and a misuse of the state's feticide law, which was not intended to punish women who try to end their own pregnancies, the head of a national advocacy group said Wednesday.

Indian-American woman found guilty of foeticide, faces upto 70 years in prison

A US court has found an Indian American woman guilty on charges of foeticide and felony neglect of a dependent after experiencing a miscarriage or what prosecutors claim was actually an illegal abortion.