Tampa Woman ‘Tricked’ Into Taking Abortion Pill

TAMPA – A week after she lost her baby, Remee Jo Lee told a judge she still loved the man she said tricked her into taking an abortion pill.

“My whole life has been a nightmare,” Lee said during an emotional April 9 hearing in which she was seeking a restraining order against John Andrew Welden. “Everything’s been turned upside down and I do still miss him. That’s the worst part. He’s my best friend and everything to me and he’s not there and I hate it. It’s just horrible.”

Welden was arrested Wednesday and could face life in prison after being indicted for murder under a rarely used federal statute known as the “Unborn Victims of Violence Act.” He also is charged with tampering with a prescription “under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference” to the risk of death or injury.

 

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