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Whenever a State decides to bring a charge of Murder or Attempted Murder in the death of an unborn child, although I’m grieved by the death, I’m encouraged by the legal charge.
from the Chicago Sun Times, today:
"Man accused of slipping mistress abortion pill
WISCONSIN | Faces attempted murder charge
November 30, 2007
BY DINESH RAMDE
APPLETON, Wis. – A married man has been charged with attempted murder for slipping his mistress a drug that authorities say caused her to miscarry twice.
Manishkumar M. Patel, 34, of Appleton, was charged Thursday afternoon with seven felonies and two misdemeanors, including attempted first-degree murder of an unborn child.
His attorney said he expected his client to plead not guilty.
Manishkumar Patel and his girlfriend, 39-year-old family physician Darshana Patel, have a 3-year-old child together, authorities said. He is married to someone else.
Darshana Patel became pregnant two more times with his child but miscarried in December and September.
About a week or two before her second miscarriage, Manishkumar Patel bought her a smoothie at an ice cream shop, Outagamie County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Carpenter said. Darshana Patel noticed white powder on the rim and, feigning illness, took the drink back to her office.
Suspecting she had been slipped mifespristone, the abortion pill also known as RU-486, Darshana Patel sent a sample of the smoothie to a lab and it tested positive, Carpenter said.
‘‘The allegations are devious, diabolical and disturbing,’’ Outagamie County Court Commissioner Brian Figy said.
A legal immigrant from India, Manishkumar Patel owns a number of gas stations and other businesses in the Appleton area, Carpenter said."
from the Chicago Sun Times, today:
"Man accused of slipping mistress abortion pill
WISCONSIN | Faces attempted murder charge
November 30, 2007
BY DINESH RAMDE
APPLETON, Wis. – A married man has been charged with attempted murder for slipping his mistress a drug that authorities say caused her to miscarry twice.
Manishkumar M. Patel, 34, of Appleton, was charged Thursday afternoon with seven felonies and two misdemeanors, including attempted first-degree murder of an unborn child.
His attorney said he expected his client to plead not guilty.
Manishkumar Patel and his girlfriend, 39-year-old family physician Darshana Patel, have a 3-year-old child together, authorities said. He is married to someone else.
Darshana Patel became pregnant two more times with his child but miscarried in December and September.
About a week or two before her second miscarriage, Manishkumar Patel bought her a smoothie at an ice cream shop, Outagamie County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Carpenter said. Darshana Patel noticed white powder on the rim and, feigning illness, took the drink back to her office.
Suspecting she had been slipped mifespristone, the abortion pill also known as RU-486, Darshana Patel sent a sample of the smoothie to a lab and it tested positive, Carpenter said.
‘‘The allegations are devious, diabolical and disturbing,’’ Outagamie County Court Commissioner Brian Figy said.
A legal immigrant from India, Manishkumar Patel owns a number of gas stations and other businesses in the Appleton area, Carpenter said."