A medical intern sentenced to five years in prison for administering abortifacient tablets to his partner without her knowledge
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- A 36-year-old medical intern was sentenced Thursday by the Strasbourg criminal court to five years' imprisonment, three of which were suspended, for having administered abortifacient tablets to his partner without her knowledge in March 2024.
- He is permanently banned from practicing medicine and any medical or paramedical activity for five years.
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The medical intern, aged 36 and with no criminal record, was at the end of his course after ten years of study when he administered abortifacient tablets to his partner, a nurse, without her knowledge in March 2024 in Furdenheim.
A medical intern was sentenced Thursday by the Strasbourg Criminal Court to five years' imprisonment, three of which were suspended and placed under a committal warrant, for having administered abortifacient tablets to his partner without her knowledge. This 36-year-old man is permanently banned from practicing the profession of doctor and banned from carrying out any activity of a medical or paramedical nature for a period of five years.
“He admitted the facts with which he was accused. He explained that he committed them because he could not imagine himself in a parenthood project, that he was not in the psychological, financial and material situation to invest in a parental project,” his lawyer Valentin Guégan told AFP. “He expressed regret, apologized,” added his counsel.
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The events occurred in March 2024 at the home of his partner, a nurse, in Furdenheim (Bas-Rhin). According to the newspaper DNA, the thirty-year-old obtained “a tablet of mifepristone – which softens the cervix – and three tablets of misoprostol – which causes the expulsion of the fetus”. He made his partner ingest the first molecule “by kissing her” then, the next day, made her drink a drink in which he had dissolved the second product.
The thirty-year-old, with no criminal record, had studied medicine for ten years and was at the end of his course when the facts occurred. “We reserve the right to appeal. At this stage, no decision has been made,” his lawyer said.
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The defense will appeal the decision of the Strasbourg criminal court.
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What will be the defense's eventual appeal and its chances of success?
- What psychological monitoring measures will be put in place for the victim?
- How will the Order of Physicians react to this definitive ban on practicing?
