{"id":189786,"date":"2018-10-17T15:35:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T20:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=189786"},"modified":"2018-10-17T00:15:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T05:15:39","slug":"man-abortion-pill-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/man-abortion-pill-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who slipped abortion pill in drink sentenced to 22 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2007, Wisconsin man Manishkumar Patel was charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide for attempting\u00a0to trick his girlfriend into taking a drink he had laced with the abortion drug RU486. After skipping out on his bail and living as a fugitive for a decade, Patel has finally been convicted and sentenced<\/a> to 22 years in prison, plus four years of extended supervision.<\/p>\n

The woman, who did not consume the spiked drink, became suspicious when she watched him stirring the beverage while she waited for him in the car at an ice cream shop. She saw powder in the drink, and went inside to see if the employees had added the powder. They informed her that they did not.\u00a0The woman then decided to take a sample of the drink and send it for testing.<\/p>\n

“They have discovered swabs of RU486 from the smoothie that she had sent to them,” said District Attorney Melinda Tempelis<\/a>. “RU486 is an abortion drug. It is not the morning after pill, it cannot be dispensed by general doctors or prescribed or available through pharmacy.”<\/p>\n