{"id":321035,"date":"2024-11-02T08:45:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T13:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=321035"},"modified":"2024-11-01T15:38:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T20:38:33","slug":"uk-man-guilty-forced-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/uk-man-guilty-forced-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"UK man who drugged woman with abortion pill found guilty of ‘forced abortion’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man in the UK has been found guilty<\/a> after causing a “forced abortion” upon a woman at 15 weeks gestation, by drugging her with the abortion pill.<\/p>\n

Stuart Worby, 40, reportedly obtained and then crushed the abortion drug mifepristone into her orange juice. He also sexually assaulted the woman and forced more mifepristone into her without her knowledge. The woman was 15 weeks pregnant when her preborn child died as a result of the assault.<\/p>\n

After the victim suffered significant cramping and heavy bleeding, she checked herself into a hospital, where it appeared she had suffered a miscarriage. However, afterward, she discovered text messages on Worby’s phone, in which he wrote to a friend, “It’s working,” and “There is lots of blood.” It was then that she realized that she had been drugged and her child aborted against her will.<\/p>\n

Police later found other text messages which showed Worby had illegally obtained the abortion pills, along with multiple incriminating Google searches.<\/p>\n

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13 weeks post-fertilization, 15 weeks LMP<\/p><\/div>\n

Another woman, Nueza Cepeda, has been charged as an accomplice to the crime. Police say Cepeda called an abortion facility, falsely told them she was pregnant, and requested the abortion pill drugs before handing them over to Worby.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pay tribute to the bravery of the victim who has endured the most terrible loss, her courage to come forward and give evidence has been invaluable in ensuring a guilty verdict,” said DCI Duncan Woodhams in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also pay tribute to all the medical and health professionals and family, neighbours and friends who have supported the victim in her testimony. The impact of this event could have life-long repercussions for the victim.”<\/p>\n

“This has been a complex investigation into the deceitful and determined actions of Worby which had such horrific consequences and marks the first of its kind in finding someone guilty of this specific crime,” he said.<\/p>\n