A Massachusetts man was arrested on Friday for allegedly secretly giving his girlfriend abortion pills to end her pregnancy. The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said Robert Kawada, 43, gave his pregnant girlfriend medications and claimed they were iron pills and vitamins. The medications Kawada gave his girlfriend included Misoprostol — a drug that induces abortions, …
On Thursday, the Ohio grand jury declined to indict a woman charged with abuse of a corpse for miscarrying at home in September. Mahoning Matters reported that Brittany Watts, 34, was hospitalized in Warren twice and left both times before giving birth at home. Though Trumbull County prosecutor Dennis Watkins said he was legally obligated …
The Ohio grand jury is expected to decide on Wednesday whether to indict a woman who was charged in October with abuse of a corpse after suffering a miscarriage at home. Brittany Watts, 34, was reportedly 21 weeks and five days pregnant when she was admitted to the hospital — where doctors determined her water …
Kate Cox has already left the state to receive medical care in another state.
A Nebraska woman was sentenced on Thursday to three months in jail for disposing of a fetus after an illegal abortion. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police began investigating Celeste Burgess, 19, in June 2022 — before the Supreme Court ruled that abortion is a state issue. At that time, Burgess lived in a state where …
A Texas man was indicted this week for allegedly giving his pregnant wife abortion-inducing medications without her knowledge. Prosecutors said Mason Herring, 38, the managing partner of Herring Law Firm, put the drug in water that he gave to his wife on more than one instance. The couple had split in early 2022, and the …
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A Florida appeals court on Monday upheld a county court decision denying a teen’s request to have an abortion without notification and consent of a guardian because she is not “sufficiently mature” to make that decision. Escambia County Circuit Judge Jessica Frydrychowicz initially denied the request to bypass that part of Florida’s anti-abortion law, although …
A teenage Nebraska girl’s “friend” turned her in to police when she saw the girl take an abortion pill, according to a criminal affidavit that also says Facebook handed over to police chats between the girl and her mother. The case predates the US Supreme Court’s overturning of the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision …
