Teen Delivers 1 Pound Baby After Suffering Abortion Pill Poisoning
A newborn at 23 weeks gestation remains in the hospital after his teenage mother was poisoned with abortion pills, allegedly given by her grandfather, Jamelle Kelly, who faces serious charges including attempted feticide and domestic abuse. The incident highlights concerns over the illegal and unsafe distribution of mifepristone, an abortion pill that is tightly regulated and approved only for use up to 10 weeks of pregnancy. Despite Louisiana’s ban on surgical and chemical abortions,the availability of mail-order abortion drugs facilitates access in pro-life states,raising safety and legal issues. The young mother and her premature baby, who weighed just one pound at birth and faces a lengthy NICU stay with potential complications, survived but continue to face health challenges. Louisiana authorities, including Attorney General Liz Murrill, condemned the illegal distribution of abortion pills, calling it a form of criminal activity and urging federal action. A lawsuit has been filed against the FDA to end the Biden governance’s mail-order abortion scheme, with critics arguing that the safety and regulation of these drugs are insufficient. The FDA is now conducting studies on the safety of mifepristone amid ongoing political and legal battles over abortion policies.
A baby born at just 23 weeks gestation is in the hospital indefinitely after the infant’s grandfather allegedly slipped his teenage daughter an abortion pill that sickened her and resulted in an emergency caesarean section.
The alleged perpetrator, 39 year-old Jamelle Kelly, faces two felony charges, attempted first-degree feticide and domestic abuse/battery of a pregnant victim, after the Carencro Police Department determined he poisoned his 17 year-old with abortion pills that sent her to the hospital.
Louisiana prohibits both surgical and chemical abortions and classifies mifepristone, the most popular abortion pill on the market, as a controlled dangerous substance. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing mail-order abortion scheme, however, has made it possible for people in pro-life states like Louisiana to order mifepristone straight to their doors.
It’s unclear exactly how Kelly specifically obtained the abortion pills he used on his daughter and grandbaby. What is clear is that the drug, which is only approved for abortions at 10 weeks gestation or less, caused the teen mom’s “illness” that required emergency medical intervention.
Mifepristone maker Danco Laboratories, the FDA, and corporate media insist that pregnancy-ending pills are safe. A 2025 analysis of insurance data, however, found that more than one in 10 women who take mifepristone suffer serious additional complications such as hemorrhage or infection. The risk of experiencing a life-threatening event linked to the abortion drug is at least 22 times higher than what the FDA and Danco claim.
Unlike many other reported abortion pill poisonings, both the teen mom and her baby, who was born at just one pound, survived. Their journey to recovery, however, is far from over. Infants born at 23 weeks gestation average a 143-day stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and may suffer complications related to major developing organs such as the heart, lungs, and brain.
“My prayers are with this mother and her baby, now fighting for life,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill wrote on X. “This terrible case shows the dangers of mifepristone and its illegal, irresponsible, and unchecked distribution in our state. We’ve challenged the Biden administration’s reckless expansion of dangerous mail-order abortion drugs with no oversight at all from a doctor. This isn’t healthcare — it’s criminal battery and attempted murder. Anyone who secretly gives abortion drugs to a woman without her knowledge will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
My prayers are with this mother and her baby, now fighting for life. This terrible case shows the dangers of mifepristone and its illegal, irresponsible, and unchecked distribution in our state. We’ve challenged the Biden administration’s reckless expansion of dangerous… pic.twitter.com/OQ0zDrFbVM
— Attorney General Liz Murrill (@AGLizMurrill) June 13, 2026
Murrill, who joined abortion pill poisoning survivor Rosalie Markezich in filing a landmark lawsuit against the FDA demanding an end to the agency’s “mail-order abortion scheme,” told The Federalist in February that the Trump administration’s hesitancy to shut down the illegal interstate abortion drug trafficking system or at least reinstate the mifepristone safeguards stripped by the Biden administration are prolonging harm to states and women and babies.
“We can’t wait forever for them to do it,” Murrill said. “People are suffering severe consequences from this. The system is suffering too.”
SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser used the latest example of abortion pill poisoning to “call on [Acting United States Attorney General Todd] Blanche’s DOJ to settle with Louisiana by agreeing to a court-ordered consent decree that would end Biden’s unlawful mail-order abortion drug policy and restore in-person dispensing immediately while the FDA completes a prompt, rigorous safety review.”
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that the FDA, under acting commissioner Kyle Diamantas, “kicked the [mifepristone] study into high gear because of conversations with antiabortion groups and a coming October deadline, set by a Louisiana judge this spring as part of ongoing litigation over the abortion pill.”
Jordan Boyd is an award-winning staff writer at The Federalist and producer of “The Federalist Radio Hour.” Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.
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