
Patience
from Criminal
by Vox Media Podcast Network
Published: Fri Sep 26 2025
Show Notes
One Saturday morning in 2018,the police showed up at Patience Rousseau’s door, and started asking her questions about something she'd posted on Facebook after she'd had a miscarriage.
Caroline Kitchener’s article for The Washington Post is “Shesaid she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law.”
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