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Topics: Crime, Pregnancy, Real Life, US News, World News
Madison Burgess
Topics: Crime, Pregnancy, Real Life, US News, World News
A Texas woman is suing both an abortion pill supplier and her ex, who she claims terminated her pregnancy with drugs he obtained from the group.
The victim, who is not being named in the media, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Aid Access and its founder, Dr Rebecca Gomperts.
She is also taking legal action against the former sexual partner - a US marine who the woman alleges impregnated her and then dosed her with nearly a dozen abortion pills.
For those unfamiliar, Aid Access is a nonprofit organisation that provides access to medication abortion by mail to the United States and worldwide.
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As per the Guardian, in the complaint, which was filed on Monday (11 August), the woman claimed the marine impregnated her and then pressured her to take the pills from the service for weeks, even though she didn't want an abortion.
The victim claims that the man secretly dissolved at least 10 abortion pills into a cup of hot chocolate that he made for her, before leaving the house and refusing to respond as she began bleeding, reports NBC News.
She was eight weeks pregnant at the time.
Within 30 minutes of consuming the drink, the suit says, the woman began hemorrhaging and cramping.
The victim's three children were sleeping upstairs, so she asked the man to pick up her mother and drive her over to come and watch them, while he drove her to the emergency room.
However, she claims he became unreachable, and instead, she had to turn to a neighbour for help.
At around 12:30am, she texted the man saying: "I am gushing blood. Please hurry."
He apologised and said he had to catch a flight the next day. Instead, the neighbour drove her to the hospital, where her unborn baby tragically did not survive.
When she returned home, the woman claims she found an opened box of abortion pills and a pill bottle in her home.
In the weeks leading up to the horrific act, there were a series of text messages exchanged between the pair, in which he allegedly pressured her into having an abortion.
As per the lawsuit, some of these read that he 'would like to get rid of it' and that it would be 'messed up to bring a child into the world without both parents raising them'.
He reportedly said he wanted to 'abort this monstrosity of a situation' and wrote that he felt 'trapped'.
However, his tune abruptly changed and he suggested 'some warm relaxing tea' and a 'trust building night,' which is when the alleged incident occurred.
The lawsuit accuses the marine of violating Texas law, which bans most abortions after six weeks and outlines that legal abortions should be performed by a licensed physician.
It also claims that Aid Access violated the 1873 federal Comstock Act, which bans the mailing of 'obscene' materials, including those that are abortion-related.
Aid Access did not respond when contacted by The Washington Post.
Tyla.com has contacted Aid Access for comment.
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