Patience | Criminal Podcast

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 “She said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law.” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/abortion-law-nevada-arrest-miscarriage/)

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Episode 334 originally published September 25, 2025. https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-334-patience-9-25-2025

Music in this episode: “Fissure Forming” by Blue Dot Sessions “Throughput” by Blue Dot Sessions “Eleven Count” by Blue Dot Sessions “Our Digital Compass” by Blue Dot Sessions “Filtris - Low Down” by Blue Dot Sessions “Dear I Wish” by Blue Dot Sessions “Akonan” by Blue Dot Sessions “San Diego Sunday” by Blue Dot Sessions “Fellowships of Paper” by Blue Dot Sessions