Man Jailed For Abortion Pill-Laced Yogurt

A Swedish court of appeal on Tuesday sentenced a 27-year-old man to 18 months in prison for trying to make his girlfriend miscarry by mixing abortion pills in her food.

The man, who was not named for legal reasons, had his jail term increased from a previous one-year sentence set by a district court in June.

In its ruling, the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden found the man guilty of aggravated assault for attempting to make his girlfriend of eight years miscarry by giving her a yoghurt containing three ground-up pills. The sentence also included a more minor count of assault.

The court documents said the woman had decided to have the baby even though he felt he was not ready to be a father. The man ordered some pills on the Internet and fooled his doctor into prescribing others for another condition.

The woman ate the yoghurt and suffered severe stomach pains and vaginal bleeding.

When she later realized what she had eaten, she decided to have an abortion, fearing that the fetus had been permanently damaged by the pills.

The defendant's lawyer, Lars Boberg, said his client would most likely appeal the ruling.

[wptiffany]

I believe that its wrong for the woman to be the only one to decide if the baby should be born or not because it is her's because its in her body!...but who put it there?...its funni that this only comes up when its time for money or u should of had sex so its there now...when the men never get any kind of decision even if they want the baby well maybe jus in the US and its ********...koming from a proud parent of a one yr old baby girl...that i wanted!!!

[rushman71]

Earlier I read a comment by a female that the child within her body is part of her and that she has a right to do with the child as she sees fit. Well, would you cut off your hand? Or how about your leg? Those are parts of your body, too. The same goes for the child within. The child lives off of you, it nurtures what you feed it. As the child grows in the womb, it starts to kick and squirm around. What I don''t understand is why some people regard this child as nothing but a fetus. That sounds too close of a discription of a feces.
Now I do understand that there are some women in this world who have been raped or are going to die/on the verge of death, so abortion is acceptable in those cases. But when it comes to the average woman who just doesn''t want the baby, you shouldn''t have gotten pregnant in the first place. Here''s a hint of the SAFEST way not to get pregnant: Don''t have SEXXXX!!!!

[a112499]

If the man does not want a baby - he has options. Don''t have *** or get a visectomy, simple as that.
God gave us *** to pro-create. If he doesn''t want to pro-create - then give up the ***.
Be responsible for your actions. You create a child, you help care for the child.

[cherryfries]

Men should have the right to decline parental rights and not pay child support too. I think the world have fewer unwanted pregnancys if women had to take care of babies themselves.
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Posted by LeslieAnn9 at 02:58 PM : Feb 27, 2008




How ignorant are you? A woman does not get pregnant on her own and therefore, should not have to support a child on her own. The man made his choice and was dating her so he should have to own up to his actions. It''s people like you who make single moms feel bad when the man decides to be a jerk.

[michellem99-2009]

No Dear The parents that give little girls dolls to play mother. They think that is their role only. They can''t wait to have a child as they feel it makes them feel grown up. No Dear we need to teach girls there is more to life than breeding children. We need to teach boys the pros and cons of fatherhood. The parents want grand children. I told Mum not by me. I meant it. The man does have choices. He fathered the the nuborn. TRUE he can''t carry it. But he has the duty as does the woman together what will be done. He is male and he is the head of househood. That was so when I was young. They pay child support to their children and if they do not want children then be fixed. Lady yer living lala land.

[leslieann9]

Men should have the right to decline parental rights and not pay child support too. I think the world have fewer unwanted pregnancys if women had to take care of babies themselves.

[theroo4]

Any women should be able to have a safe abortion - or not. It is her body and her choice!

[leslieann9]

To mkbjon68

She could also keep her legs together. Once again, they both should have the same choices.

[mkbjon68]

Well, I am a Christian woman who is pro-choice and though I do not agree with the man''''s tactics I kind of see where he is coming from. A woman has many choices, abortion, adoption, keeping the child, etc.. A man has none. If he doesn''''t want a child, he still has to pay. Not fair!!! Men shouldn''''t put up with this. If a woman wants to keep a child, fine for her but she should provide for it on her own. It takes two to make a fetus each should have the same choices.
Posted by LeslieAnn9

Uhhh....WRONG! He can remain in possession of his sperm and avoid this scenario altogether.

[wakingamy]

coronalu- just to answer your question, I wouldn''t have cared a bit if my mother decided to abort me - I''d never know the difference. Who cares? That''s a non-point. Right now, I''m thinking that I may have been better off that way, given that I''m living in a world full of people who still feel that I have no right to say what happens to my own body. Cheers.