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Lucylastic -> Welden gets 13 years 8 months!!!!! (1/29/2014 2:28:24 PM)
John Andrew Welden The son of a Florida fertility doctor was sentenced Monday (Jan. 27) to nearly 14 years in federal prison for duping his pregnant girlfriend into taking medication that caused her to abort her 6-week-old fetus. John Andrew Welden, 29, had pleaded guilty in September to forging a prescription for Cytotec, the brand name for misoprostol, in March 2013, which he relabeled as the common antibiotic amoxicillin. He convinced his former lover, Remee Jo Lee, that she had an infection and needed to take the antibiotic he claimed his father had prescribed. She miscarried within hours. Welden, of Lutz, near Tampa, was sentenced to 13 years, eight months in a minimum-security facility, four months less than what prosecutors had sought in exchange for dropping a murder charge. “I don’t believe Mr. Welden’s an evil person, but he committed an evil act and he’s going to pay the consequences,” U.S. District Judge Richard Al Lazzara said, The Tampa Tribune reported. Welden apologized, quoted from the Bible and asked Lazzara for mercy, saying he has “the most humble and remorseful heart.” “I’ve caused everyone a huge amount of emotional pain,” he said. “What I’ve done will stay with me every day for the rest of my life.” Earlier, clutching framed sonogram images of her fetus and sobbing, she asked the judge to show “the same amount of mercy that he showed me during my pregnancy.” She said the “fairy tale” Welden’s family and friends present of a caring man “morphed into my own personal inferno when he decided to murder our child.” While acknowledging that what he did was “inexcusable, and I deserve punishment,” Welden said he was “overwhelmed with the crushing fear today … that the person I am and hope to be will vanish forever” as the result of spending a long time behind bars. “I’m scared of what awaits me in prison, honestly.” ..... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/28/john-andrew-welden-abortion-_n_4682085.html We had quite the discussion last september about this chap, well he has been sentenced. I love his last comment and I hope he gets what he deserves http://www.collarchat.com/m_4543074/mpage_1/tm.htm

Toysinbabeland -> RE: Welden gets 13 years 8 months!!!!! (1/29/2014 2:33:30 PM)
Let's hope we never hear of another act like that again. God bless the mother (& family)and help her to heal. Smh. I have no pity for malice.

Rule -> RE: Welden gets 13 years 8 months!!!!! (1/29/2014 2:39:18 PM)
FR He got what he deserved. I do hope he is safe in prison. All people in prisons ought to be safe.

Owner59 -> RE: Welden gets 13 years 8 months!!!!! (1/29/2014 7:08:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lucylastic John Andrew Welden The son of a Florida fertility doctor was sentenced Monday (Jan. 27) to nearly 14 years in federal prison for duping his pregnant girlfriend into taking medication that caused her to abort her 6-week-old fetus. John Andrew Welden, 29, had pleaded guilty in September to forging a prescription for Cytotec, the brand name for misoprostol, in March 2013, which he relabeled as the common antibiotic amoxicillin. He convinced his former lover, Remee Jo Lee, that she had an infection and needed to take the antibiotic he claimed his father had prescribed. She miscarried within hours. Welden, of Lutz, near Tampa, was sentenced to 13 years, eight months in a minimum-security facility, four months less than what prosecutors had sought in exchange for dropping a murder charge. “I don’t believe Mr. Welden’s an evil person, but he committed an evil act and he’s going to pay the consequences,” U.S. District Judge Richard Al Lazzara said, The Tampa Tribune reported. Welden apologized, quoted from the Bible and asked Lazzara for mercy, saying he has “the most humble and remorseful heart.” “I’ve caused everyone a huge amount of emotional pain,” he said. “What I’ve done will stay with me every day for the rest of my life.” Earlier, clutching framed sonogram images of her fetus and sobbing, she asked the judge to show “the same amount of mercy that he showed me during my pregnancy.” She said the “fairy tale” Welden’s family and friends present of a caring man “morphed into my own personal inferno when he decided to murder our child.” While acknowledging that what he did was “inexcusable, and I deserve punishment,” Welden said he was “overwhelmed with the crushing fear today … that the person I am and hope to be will vanish forever” as the result of spending a long time behind bars. “I’m scared of what awaits me in prison, honestly.” ..... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/28/john-andrew-welden-abortion-_n_4682085.html We had quite the discussion last september about this chap, well he has been sentenced. I love his last comment and I hope he gets what he deserves http://www.collarchat.com/m_4543074/mpage_1/tm.htm It`s doubtful she`ll ever trust anyone again.

tweakabelle -> RE: Welden gets 13 years 8 months!!!!! (1/30/2014 7:04:41 PM)
Welden's crime was not only against the foetus. Welden also flagrantly violated Ms Lee's autonomy - as another human being - and her reproductive rights. He appropriated her right to decide what happened to her body and to control her fertility. Not that different to the attempts by many Right wing controlled US legislatures to do the same - control womens' fertility and reproductive rights. I doubt if many in the various religious and secular 'pro-life' will be able to see that their project and Welden's crime vary only in degree and legality. Neither seems to feel that the woman's right to decide for herself what happens to her body is more important than, and always over-rides the particular outcome they seek. At the end of the day, their goal is to control and constrain womens' rights to decide for themselves what happens to their bodies.

tweakabelle -> RE: Welden gets 13 years 8 months!!!!! (1/31/2014 12:44:40 AM)
double post

hlen5 -> RE: Welden gets 13 years 8 months!!!!! (1/31/2014 12:54:08 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rule ...........All people in prisons ought to be safe. I agree.

DarkSteven -> RE: Welden gets 13 years 8 months!!!!! (1/31/2014 5:26:06 AM)
Welden said he was “overwhelmed with the crushing fear today … that the person I am and hope to be will vanish forever” Well, yeah. That's the idea. The real issue is the nature of the charges. You can't charge him with murder because the fetus is not legally a child. That was discussed pretty thoroughly in the original thread that Lucy linked.

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