An Alberta man whose girlfriend and unborn child died following a botched abortion using medication obtained from overseas has avoided a prison sentence, receiving 15 months’ probation after pleading guilty to concealing the child’s body.
The 27-year-old man, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, was sentenced in the Alberta Court of Justice after admitting to disposing of the baby’s body with the intention of concealing it.
The case centres on the deaths of both the pregnant woman and her unborn child after she took abortion medication sourced from overseas. The circumstances have raised serious questions about the dangers associated with obtaining abortion drugs outside established medical channels, particularly when complications arise.
The man had asked the court for a conditional discharge followed by three years of probation. The Crown, meanwhile, proposed three months of house arrest and a further 24 months of probation.
The judge ultimately imposed a suspended sentence and 15 months’ probation, describing imprisonment as unreasonably harsh in the circumstances.
A SPUC spokesperson states “This man should be held to the fullest extent of the law. Yet he was lightly reprimanded, SPUC calls for justice for unborn babies and women. DIY abortion pills are an abusers dream.We must fight back against this culture of death.”
