Illinois man accused of drugging girlfriend with abortion pills to cause miscarriage
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An Illinois man was taken into custody after he reportedly administered abortion-inducing medication to his pregnant girlfriend, resulting in her miscarriage, authorities reported.

Emerson Evans, 31, was charged with two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child, Bloomington police said in a news release.

Officers were called to a home in Bloomington on Friday at around 7 p.m., when they found a pregnant woman suffering a medical emergency.

Upon investigation, it was discovered that Evans gave the woman abortion pills without her consent, leading to the miscarriage, police stated. While abortion remains legal in Illinois, the deliberate homicide of an unborn child results in a minimum prison sentence of 20 years for each offense.

Mifepristone

Evans allegedly gave abortion pills to his girlfriend without her knowledge to terminate the pregnancy. (Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The incident remains under investigation.

During a court hearing, Judge Amy McFarland said Evans allegedly told police he “made the decision” for his girlfriend, according to IPM Newsroom.

“Frankly, the number of pills demonstrates a lack of knowledge or consent,” Judge Amy McFarland said at the hearing.

Evans wanted to “effectuate his beliefs of what should occur in the absence of consent. That involved taking a life,” McFarland told the court.

A woman holds the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, which will induce an abortion

Evans’ girlfriend was seven weeks pregnant when she miscarried. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Evans is scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 12.

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