Baby Dies After Man Allegedly Tricks Girlfriend Into Taking an Abortion Pill

A man in Tampa, Florida, is being accused of secretly slipping his girlfriend an abortion drug, an act that killed the couple’s unborn baby. The alleged details of the troubling story are ghastly.

Prosecutors claim that John Andrew Welden, 28,

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switched the label on an abortion pill bottle to make it look like Amoxicillin, a common antibiotic. After the woman, identified as 26-year-old Remee Lee, took the drug, she purportedly miscarried, reports The Tampa Tribune.

In March, Welden apparently found out that the woman was pregnant. While he purportedly wanted her to have an abortion, Lee decided to keep the baby and allegedly said that she would care for the child on her own.
Below, she speaks out about the shocking story:

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Since she didn’t have medical insurance, Welden sent her to his father, Dr. Stephen Welden, an OB/GYN physician. Lee was told that the baby was healthy, Assistant U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow said during a hearing on Wednesday.

But, according to prosecutors, Welden decided to step in to prevent the pregnancy from coming to term.


“In my years as a prosecutor, this case
is one of the most shocking and premeditated cases I’ve seen,” Muldrow
told Judge Anthony Porcelli.

Authorities believe that Weldon forged
his father’s name in an effort to obtain Misoprostol (Cytotec), an
abortion drug that is used for termination purposes.
Web MD describes the drug as, “a prostaglandin medicine used to terminate a pregnancy by starting labor.”

It is alleged that Welden told the woman she had a bacterial infection and then gave her the drug. Lee
later took the pill, subsequently had stomach pain and bleeding and, upon going to the hospital, realized that the baby had died, Muldgrow
claims.

Here’s how WPTV-TV recaps the story:

Lee said when she learned
she was pregnant, Welden took her to see his father, who is an
obstetrician in Lutz. A sonogram and blood test confirmed Lee was
six-weeks pregnant.

The next day, Welden called his
girlfriend with bad news. Her blood test apparently showed she had a
bacterial infection and she would need to take Amoxicillin to clear it
up.

On Good Friday, Lee said Welden showed
up at her Tampa home with a care package that included the bottle of
antibiotics. The label said the pills were Amoxicillin .

“He told me to keep taking them. I was supposed to take three a day for days,” she recalled of Welden’s instructions.


Welden could face life behind bars
without parole if he is found guilty of murder under the “Protection of
Unborn Children Act,” a federal statute. He also faces ramifications for
tampering with a prescription, the Tribune reports.

The prosecution claims that Welden admitted to giving the woman cytotec during a phone call that
authorities recorded. The Tribune adds more accusations, as highlighted by Muldrow on Wednesday:

“He admits throughout
the recording that he knew the pills were going to cause contractions,”

Muldrow said. He also “confesses to the premeditated nature of the
crime.”

Muldrow said Welden “confesses that he
had tampered with the pill bottle, that he put a fake label on the
bottle.” Muldrow said Welden said he used a label maker to make the
bogus label.

Muldrow said Welden at some point
tried to retrieve the bottle, claiming there was a problem with the
medicine and he wanted to get his money back. Muldrow said this was an
attempt by Welden to tamper with evidence.

In addition to the criminal charges against him, Lee is also seeking at least $15,000 in damages. The prosecutor told the judge that the case “shocks the conscience.