{"id":227225,"date":"2020-07-13T08:38:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T13:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=227225"},"modified":"2020-07-12T23:04:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T04:04:46","slug":"guilty-illegal-abortion-pills-man-unsuspecting-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/guilty-illegal-abortion-pills-man-unsuspecting-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman found guilty of illegally selling abortion pills, which one man used on unsuspecting girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A woman caught illegally selling abortion pills pleaded guilty to conspiracy earlier this year, and was sentenced to two years probation<\/a> plus $10,000 in fines. She also has been ordered to pay $61,753\u2014the cost of the pills she sold between 2016 and 2018.<\/p>\n

Ursula Wing was caught running her illegal scheme<\/a> in 2019. According to an article praising her in Mother Jones<\/a>, Wing originally began selling abortion pills to pay for an expensive custody dispute, but continued to sell them to undermine abortion laws. \u201cUnjust laws should not be respected,\u201d she told Mother Jones, and explained that she hoped others would follow her lead. \u201cI want some copycats. There\u2019s not enough people doing this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Wing\u00a0used her jewelry business as a front<\/a>. She imported the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol from India and sold them in kits for $85. She had no license to sell or ship the drugs, and lied on customs forms, saying the pills were for her own use. When customers paid for the pills, she would record the purchases as jewelry. It is believed she sold pills to at least 2,000 women before being caught\u2014yet women were not Wing’s only customers.<\/p>\n

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One of Wing’s male customers is currently being charged with first-degree attempted homicide. Jeffrey Smith from Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, bought the pills from Wing and tried to slip the drugs into his girlfriend’s water bottle when he found out she was pregnant. When the girlfriend noticed a residue in the water, she took the bottle to police, where it tested positive for mifepristone. Computer searches and drug packets led police to Wing. His trial is scheduled for December.<\/p>\n

Despite the cheerleading from abortion activists, prosecutors refused to understate the dangers of Wing’s illegal activities. \u201cPrescription drugs that are obtained illegally from online sources and then sold online to consumers can cause serious harm,\u201d said Lynda M. Burdelik, Special Agent in Charge of the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations Chicago Field Office. \u201cWe will continue to investigate and bring justice to those who place the public\u2019s health at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n