The first woman convicted of feticide has been re-sentenced to 18 months after the conviction was overturned.

With credit for time served and good behavior, Patel will be released no later than the end of September.

The Indiana Court of Appeals has overturned the feticide conviction of Purvi Patel, a northern Indiana woman found guilty of killing the premature infant she delivered after ingesting abortion-inducing drugs.

Purvi Patel was convicted of child neglect and feticide after she delivered an extremely preterm fetus alone in her northern Indiana home.

The case of Purvi Patel has gotten international attention as well as support from reproductive rights groups who worry her conviction of feticide sets a precedent that enables more convictions of women for outcomes of their own pregnancies.

Lawyers for Purvi Patel, the northern Indiana woman convicted under the state's feticide law and serving a 46-year prison sentence, have filed an appeal in her case. They argue that the law was never meant to be used against pregnant women.