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Army captain sentenced to 12 years for giving abortion drug to pregnant soldier
A U.S. Army captain received a 12-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to charges including intentionally killing his unborn child. The case involved the secret administration of mifepristone to a junior enlisted soldier who became pregnant during a South Korea rotation.
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A U.S. Army captain was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to slipping mifepristone into the drink of a junior enlisted soldier who was pregnant with his child. The captain also pleaded guilty to domestic violence, fraternization, and conduct unbecoming of an officer. The victim became pregnant in May 2025 during a rotation to South Korea.
Incident details On August 21 the captain poured the victim a drink that caused extreme cramping. She later lost the pregnancy at 13 weeks. Mifepristone ends pregnancies by breaking down the uterine lining and cutting off blood and nutrient supplies to the embryo, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Statements from advocacy group Susan B.
Anthony Pro-Life America said in a press release that the captain pleaded guilty last week. The group’s president stated there are numerous documented cases of abortion drug coercion. “Easy access to dangerous abortion drugs online, without so much as an ID check, enables abusers to harm innocent women and children in places where we rightly expect the highest standard of conduct,” the president said.
The case has prompted anti-abortion groups to urge the acting attorney general to remove mail-order abortion drugs from the market following a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s telehealth and mail-order rules.
