{"id":235799,"date":"2020-12-07T11:47:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T17:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=235799"},"modified":"2020-12-10T17:18:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T23:18:55","slug":"man-abortion-pills-unsuspecting-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/man-abortion-pills-unsuspecting-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil: Man uses drugs to force unsuspecting girlfriend to kill his own child"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man in Brazil has been arrested after forcing an abortion on his girlfriend. He could face up to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Tamires Silva da Cruz woke up with cramps and bleeding on November 15 and found that pills inserted into her vaginally by her boyfriend under the guise of “female viagra” were actually drugs used to cause an abortion. Her boyfriend, Giuliano Augusto Trondoli Cunha allegedly lied to her about what the pills were, and had inserted them during sex. Though it is unclear how far along into the pregnancy she was, she first learned she was pregnant on September 14, putting her beyond 10 weeks pregnant at the time of the forced abortion. The abortion pill regime commonly used in the United States (mifepristone and misoprostol) is only approved for use up to 10 weeks by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It is unclear which drugs were inserted by Cunha.<\/p>\n

According to the Daily Star<\/a>, Cunha urged Cruz to stay home when she began experiencing cramps, but she went to the hospital where she lost the baby. The doctor who cared for her called the police, who arrested Cunha at the hospital. Once at the police station, he confessed to causing the abortion against Cruz’s will.<\/p>\n

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The abortion pill<\/a> carries serious risks, especially when inserted vaginally because it has a higher rate of infection than when taken orally. The FDA does not include vaginal use<\/a> of the abortion pill drug misoprostol as an approved method of abortion. Even when taken as directed, the abortion pill can cause hemorrhaging, infection, and death. As gestational age progresses, the failure rate of the pill increases, and follow-up surgical abortions are often recommended by abortion businesses.<\/p>\n