Judge rules pills caused miscarriage

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Judge rules pills caused miscarriage
| January 10, 2014 | Updated: January 10, 2014 5:56pm

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge ruled that the pills a Tampa man tricked his pregnant ex-girlfriend into taking is what caused her to miscarry.

U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara made his ruling Friday after two days of testimony.

Sentencing for John Andrew Welden for tampering with a consumer product and conspiracy to commit mail fraud had been scheduled for December. But Lazzara delayed the sentencing amid concerns over whether the pill caused the miscarriage.

Prosecutors say Welden forged a signature last year on a prescription for a pill used to induce labor. He relabeled a pill bottle "amoxicillin" and told his then-girlfriend to take the pills.

Welden admitted in a plea agreement that he forged the signature of his father, who is a Tampa-area obstetrician.


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[Demeter]

1. He did you a favor, honey

Now he can be locked away, and you don't have to raise his spawn.

You can have a real life, with a real human companion, instead of a ruthless psychopath.

It's a no-win situation, but as one whose fate took a different twist, I envy you the opening.

[FarPoint]

2. True enough.

[Iggo]

3. Come on, AP: "...the pills...is what caused her to miscarry"?