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Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison After Tricking Girlfriend into Taking Abortion Pill

Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison After Tricking Girlfriend into Taking Abortion Pill

A Florida court has sentenced a 29-year-old man to 13 years in prison, after he tricked his girlfriend into taking an abortion pill, causing the six-week pregnant woman to miscarry. John Andrew Welden reportedly forged a prescription to obtain the miscarry-inducing drug Misoprostol, switched its label with a common antibiotic and convinced his girlfriend to take it. Soon after, she lost the unborn child. According to this story from The Christian Post, Welden tricked the woman because he did not want another girlfriend to find out about the pregnancy. In a statement to the court, Welden apologized for what he had done, saying, “I’ve caused everyone a huge amount of emotional pain. What I’ve done will stay with me every day for the rest of my life” …

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