A Tampa-area man who admitted to tricking his girlfriend into taking abortion pills and killing their child now faces first-degree murder charges, according to WPTV.com.
The suspect, John Andrew Welden, switched his girlfriend’s Amoxicillin with abortion pills and scratched off the pills’ identifiers.
Welden gave the pills to his then-girlfriend, Remee Lee, to treat her for bacterial infection. On Easter Sunday, the woman went to a hospital after complaining of severe cramping and vaginal bleeding. Doctors then confirmed that her pills were abortion inducers, not Amoxicillin.
Lee had intended to bring the baby to full-term, despite her boyfriend’s protests, according to WPTV.
“Everyone dreams of becoming a mom. This was my chance,” Lee told the South Florida NBC affiliate.
Welden’s father is a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist. Welden allegedly forged his father’s signature on a prescription for a drug called Cytotec, reports the Tampa Bay Times. Federal prosecutors say Welden then put an “Amoxicillin” label on a pill bottle containing the drug. He advised Lee that his father, the doctor, wanted to put her on antibiotics.
Prosecutors did not disclose the duration of Lee’s pregnancy.
Totally unnecessary & stupid. He took that poor child's life and caused so much heartbreak and sadness to his girlfriend. She needs to leave immediately and prosecute his ass for everything. No mercy.
My prayers are with the woman and the unborn baby.
While this is sad I personally do not think he should get murder charges.
A woman can abort her baby despite the mans wishes but a mam cant abort it despite the womans wishes.
If fought right I could see this going all the way to the supreme court. New regulation will be made.
This is all types of ********, if he didn't want to be a father than be like the millions of other men who are deadbeats...there is his regulation. There are side affects to that drug, how would he know how she and her body would react to it, he put her in danger, not just their unborn child.
Florida just keeps getting better and better.
