{"id":2478994,"date":"2025-08-26T11:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-man-charged-with-killing-girlfriends-baby-with-mifepristone\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:02:03","slug":"illinois-man-charged-with-killing-girlfriends-baby-with-mifepristone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-man-charged-with-killing-girlfriends-baby-with-mifepristone\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Man Charged With Killing Girlfriend&#8217;s Baby With Mifepristone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-man-charged-with-killing-girlfriends-baby-with-mifepristone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2478994&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An illinois man, Emerson Evans, was arrested and charged with two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child after allegedly drugging his pregnant girlfriend with mifepristone, an abortion pill he claimed to have purchased from someone on a campus. The unborn child was about seven weeks along. The girlfriend reportedly suspected she had been given the drug vaginally without her knowledge, even though it is indeed intended to be taken orally. Evans admitted to administering the drug and is pending trial.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day of the incident, Illinois Governor J.B. pritzker highlighted new state legislation expanding abortion access and protections for those providing abortion services, including broader legal shields and requirements for public colleges to offer abortion-related healthcare and medications on campus. These laws allow use of drugs like mifepristone, despite its FDA approval having been contested politically.<\/p>\n<p>The article also notes previous similar cases in other states where <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >men allegedly gave abortion drugs<\/a> to partners without consent, and mentions efforts by some states, such as Texas, to crack down on illegal abortion pill distribution. 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The unborn baby was at around seven weeks gestation, according to the mother. The victim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wglt.org\/local-news\/2025-08-23\/man-faces-homicide-charge-after-allegedly-slipping-pregnant-girlfriend-the-abortion-pill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> suspected that she had been given the drugs vaginally without her knowledge. The same report added that the pills were intended to be taken by mouth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1402804976\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Evans, who eventually admitted to giving the woman mifepristone, will be detained pending his trial, and will appear for an arraignment early in September, a local news source <a href=\"https:\/\/fox2now.com\/news\/mclean-county-man-charged-in-abortion-pill-homicide-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Governor J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., has made the state a shrine to abortion accessibility, releasing a <a href=\"https:\/\/gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com\/gov-pritzker-signs-bills-to-fortify-reproductive-health-care-in-illinois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> the same day police responded to the call Friday, lauding the state&rsquo;s efforts to &ldquo;bolster reproductive health &hellip; making contraception and the abortion pill more available across the state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The statement detailed two pro-abortion laws signed by Gov. Pritzker Friday. One <a href=\"https:\/\/gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com\/gov-pritzker-signs-bills-to-fortify-reproductive-health-care-in-illinois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expands<\/a> the legal shield covering those who offer abortion-related services to women from states where abortion is illegal. Gov. Pritzker&rsquo;s statement explained that the cover for those providing &ldquo;reproductive healthcare&rdquo; would now include &ldquo;all health care providers&rdquo; including &ldquo;Licensed Certified Professional Midwives and wholesale drug distributors.&rdquo; It also amended existing state law to allow for the prescription of drugs whose approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had been revoked, so long as they are &ldquo;still considered effective by the World Health Organization.&rdquo; It specifically names mifepristone, saying &ldquo;anti-choice politicians&rdquo; have attempted to revoke its approval for &ldquo;political reasons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An April <a href=\"https:\/\/eppc.org\/publication\/insurance-data-reveals-one-in-ten-patients-experiences-a-serious-adverse-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> from the Ethics and Public Policy Institute revealed that abortion by mifepristone is at least 22 times more likely to cause a serious adverse medical event than reported on the drug label.<\/p>\n<p>The other bill signed Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus\/FullText?GAID=18&amp;DocNum=3709&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=162529&amp;SessionID=114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mandated<\/a> that all public colleges and universities in the state with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-guide-to-university-statements-on-anti-israel-campus-protests\/\" title=\"University Guidelines for Addressing Anti-Israel Demonstrations\">student health services<\/a> must provide students access to a professional who can advise on, prescribe, and dispense contraceptives, as well as a professional who can prescribe for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-lifts-restriction-on-remote-prescriptions-of-abortion-drugs\/\" title=\"FDA Lifts Restriction on Remote Prescriptions of ...s\">chemical abortion drugs<\/a>. If the institution has a pharmacy, it is required to have a physical location on campus where students can obtain chemical abortion drugs. Institutions are also required to publicize on their health services websites how students can access these contraceptives and abortifacients.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Pritzker&rsquo;s office did not immediately respond to The Federalist&rsquo;s request for comment asking whether he still believes these laws are in the best interest of Illinois women in light of the tragedy allegedly caused by broad mifepristone access in his state last week.<\/p>\n<p>A 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/illinoisattorneygeneral.gov\/Page-Attachments\/Know%20Your%20Reproductive%20Rights%20060122.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fact sheet<\/a> from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul confirmed that women in Illinois can obtain abortion drugs by mail following an online appointment. It also affirmed the &ldquo;right&rdquo; of those under 18 to have abortions. Websites like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plancpills.org\/abortion-pill\/illinois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plan C<\/a> advertise abortion providers who will dispense the drugs to women all over the country. It details broad access in Illinois that enables women to order abortion drugs without any kind of medical appointment, with some companies offering them even before she is pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>This incident Friday is not the first of its kind. In June, a Texas man <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/11\/tx-man-arrested-after-allegedly-poisoning-his-girlfriend-murdering-his-child-with-abortion-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allegedly pushed<\/a> his girlfriend to get an abortion, eventually spiking her coffee shop order with an abortion drug, causing the unborn baby to die. In a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/11\/man-allegedly-murdered-his-unborn-baby-by-spiking-her-moms-hot-cocoa-with-abortion-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">situation<\/a>, a man added an abortifacient to his girlfriend&rsquo;s hot cocoa, according to allegations in a lawsuit recently filed in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Some state leaders, like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/paxton-to-abortion-pill-black-market-texas-will-not-tolerate-illegal-trafficking-of-fatal-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taking action<\/a> against the abortion pill suppliers mailing the drugs into states where they have been outlawed. On July 29, the attorneys general of 16 states sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/media.ark.org\/ag\/2025-07-29-Letter-to-Congress-Shield-Laws.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to congressional leadership asking that Congress consider enacting legislation against shield laws in pro-abortion states.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Catherine Gripp is a graduate of Arizona Christian University where she earned a degree in communication and a minor in political science. 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