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## Transcript

Can you tell me what it meant for your sister. [ CROSSTALK ] [ INAUDIBLE ] John Andrew Welden walked out of court Monday, after pleading guilty to charges stemming from tricking his pregnant, ex- girlfriend Remee Lee into taking an abortion pill that caused her miscarriage. Lee is still grieving the loss. Nothing is ever going to bring back what was taken from her. No matter what the result. Whether this would have gone to trial or not. The bizarre story unfolded earlier this year. Lee was elated to be pregnant. But says Welden, the father, begged her not to have the baby. Then, in an elaborate plan, Welden convinced Lee she'd been diagnosed with a bacterial infection by his father, an obstetrician.

And that he had prescribed her the antibiotic, Amoxycillin. In reality, Welden stole his father's prescription pad to obtain Cytotec, the abortion pill, and disguised it as the antibiotic, even forging a phony label. Lee was baffled and devastated. I can't believe that someone did something so malicious to me. Originally charged with first degree murder, Welden faced a possible life sentence, but as part of a deal, he pleaded guilty to lesser charges, product tampering, and conspiracy to commit fraud. Obviously it's tragic all around from, from, from every angle, and I think that's recognized.

Welden could serve up to 15 years in prison, but Lee says there will never be justice for the man who caused her to lose her child.

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