Illinois Man Receives Prison Sentence for Killing Unborn Baby With Abortion Pills

Jonathon Van Maren : Jun 16, 2026
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The seven-year prison sentence for secretly giving abortion drugs to a woman is part of a growing trend of abuse.

[LifeSiteNews.com] A 32-year-old Illinois man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after "inserting four abortion pills into his pregnant girlfriend without her consent," according to NPR. Emerson Evan pleaded guilty to "voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child" earlier this month after being arrested last August. (Image: Pixabay)

Initially, Evans had faced three counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child and one of "aggravated assault of a pregnant person" and one count of voluntary manslaughter.

Legally, abortion is treated as "health care" in Illinois and is legal up until 24-26 weeks. But the phrase "unborn child" has a split meaning under Illinois law. In the context of abortion, the Reproductive Health Act emphasizes that "a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights under the laws of this State."

Thus, an unborn child can be killed in the womb for any reason. But under criminal law, an unborn child is defined thusly: "Any individual of the human species from fertilization (or implantation in some sections) until live birth."

In short, an unborn child is recognized as human under criminal homicide law in Illinois—that's what put Emerson Evan in jail. But that same unborn child could have been legally killed, with pills or otherwise, under Illinois' abortion law. This is legal schizophrenia, but Illinois legislators see no reason to reconcile this moral absurdity.

It is also worth noting that Emerson Evan's case is not rare. As the abortion pill industry has made at-home DIY abortions the new normative method for killing unborn children, deadbeat dads have discovered a lethal new way of avoiding fatherhood. Last month... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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