Louisiana man charged with drugging 23-week pregnant woman with abortion pill
Jamelle Kelly is accused of giving a pregnant victim mifepristone without consent, leading to an emergency delivery and a hospitalized infant.
- Carencro police arrested Jamelle Kelly, 39, on felony charges after he allegedly gave a pregnant victim abortion medication without her knowledge, forcing an emergency C-section at 23 weeks.
- Detectives began investigating the case on Thursday, May 29, after discovering the victim received the medication without consent, according to Carencro Police Chief David Anderson.
- The infant survived the emergency delivery weighing roughly one pound and remains hospitalized for an extended period as of Friday, June 12.
- U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy highlighted the case on Friday, saying, "Men should not be able to obtain this drug and coerce women into abortions," while urging the Food and Drug Administration to reinstate in-person visit requirements.
- This incident joins two other documented cases of coerced abortion in Louisiana, as the FDA continues a safety review of mifepristone, which is involved in nearly two-thirds of roughly 1.1 million abortions annually in the United States.
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Louisiana man charged with drugging 23-week pregnant woman with abortion pill
A Louisiana man was arrested Friday on felony charges after allegedly giving a pregnant woman the abortion pill mifepristone without her knowledge, forcing her to undergo an emergency delivery that has left the infant hospitalized. Jamelle Kelly, 39, is accused of first-degree feticide and domestic abuse of a pregnant woman, according to the Carencro Police Department in Louisiana. The risk of abortion coercion has been a chief argument of anti…
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Jamelle Kelly of Carencro has been charged with Attempted First-Degree Feticide and Domestic Abuse Battery of a Pregnant Victim after allegedly giving his pregnant daughter medication to abort her pregnancy without her knowledge, resulting in the child being born prematurely and requiring an extended hospital stay.
Carencro man accused of giving abortion medication to pregnant victim without her knowledge
CARENCRO, La. (NEWS 15) — A Carencro man was arrested on felony charges after he gave a victim medication to abort her pregnancy without her knowledge, forcing an emergency delivery that left the infant hospitalized, according to the Carencro Police…
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