Amy Gastelum

Amy Gastelum is a freelance writer based in New York.

Amy Gastelum is a freelance radio producer and co-producer of Mother: A Podcast. She’s lived and worked in Indianapolis, New York City and Providence. Gastelum earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Indiana University in 2008.

Indiana attorney general stands by conviction of Purvi Patel for feticide and child neglect

December 10, 2015Justice

In a response to Patel’s appeal, the state’s attorney general argues that her precedent-setting convictions are “in keeping with Indiana’s well-established interest in protecting unborn human life.”

Purvi Patel’s legal team attacks evidence behind her controversial conviction for feticide, child neglect

October 2, 2015Justice

Purvi Patel is taken into custody after being sentenced to 20 years in prison for feticide and neglect of a dependent on Monday, March 30, 2015, at the St. Joseph County Courthouse in South Bend, Ind.

Six disturbing medical issues in the case of Purvi Patel, and one hopeful one

April 2, 2015Medicine

Purvi Patel was sentenced March 30, 2015 for feticide and child neglect.

Purvi Patel faces 20 years in prison for feticide and child neglect

March 30, 2015Justice

Update: Indiana sentences Purvi Patel to decades in prison for what she says was a miscarriage

March 12, 2015Conflict