News & Politics - Man puts abortion tablets in wife's food

Papri · 02-29-2008, 10:21 AM

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From here.

A baker put abortion tablets into his wife's breakfast to try to make her lose their baby, a court has heard. Israeli-born Gil Magira crushed the tablets into his wife Anat Abraham's sandwich, a bowl of cereal and a yoghurt, the Old Bailey was told. Mrs Abraham suffered pain and bleeding but the child survived unharmed.

Magira, 36, of Holmebrook Drive, Hendon, north London, admitted "using an instrument to procure a miscarriage" - the first such charge in 30 years.

Simon Mayo, prosecuting, said the defendant had had "constant and compulsive" thoughts about forcing his wife to have an abortion. His 38-year-old wife said she feared for her life - and that of the child's - when she realised what he had done.
"What made it worse was how desperate and determined he was to try to kill the baby that I already felt moving inside me," she said.

Magira was described by his lawyer Jonathan Goldberg QC as an eccentric "Woody Allen character" who regretted what he had done and now wanted to help look after the child. The defendant's mother, Lisa Or defended him, saying her son was a "good boy" and terrified of his wife.

When Magira found out his wife was pregnant in November 2006 he panicked and begged her to have an abortion. When she refused, her began looking for abortion medication on the internet. When his wife was 11 weeks pregnant he put abortion tablets in a sandwich for her.

Mrs Abraham felt pain the next day and went to hospital, but the baby survived. Magira then put pills into her yoghurt and cereal.

When this too failed, he confessed to a counsellor, who told him he should tell his wife. "He told her that he was ashamed of himself and he didn't want to hurt her. She told him that she didn't want to see him," said Mr Mayo.

She told him their relationship was over.

In May, Magira took an overdose. In hospital he said "either he or the child would have to die".

In a witness statement read to the court, Mrs Abraham said: "I realised I had lived with a person for 10 years who I don't really know."

What a selfish bastard. And what a LAME defence - "an eccentric Woody Allen" character" - a hen-pecked husband? How his mother can even try and defend what he did is beyond me. That poor woman - I'm glad she and her baby are healthy.

**sunnykerr** · 02-29-2008, 05:02 PM

Hm... and, see, all I get from "Woody Allen character" is "old guy who slept with his underage step-daughter," so, really, it doesn't seem to redeem any bit of the whole trying to have his wife miscarry.

I must admit that this it's stories like this that really annoy me when I hear men arguing against abortion rights. The number one cause of death for pregnant women (in the United States anyway) is murder. A man slips abortion pills in his wife's food. That, we barely hear about. But God forbid a woman of sound mind and body elect to terminate her pregnancy for whatever reason...

Nonna · 03-09-2008, 04:18 PM

That's awful!

Well said Sunny

FunSizeKristy · 03-14-2008, 09:34 PM

Sunny, my thoughts exactly.

There's no excuse for what he did.

living destiny · 03-16-2008, 05:38 PM

That is soo messed up! I have many explicits in my head.

I'm sorry but this is down right EFFED UP! I feel bad for the wife!


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