Posted on 08/05/2026 5:56:39 PM PDT by Morgana
Two Durham teens were arrested Tuesday after the female teen allegedly took abortion-inducing medication while 31 weeks pregnant.
Syeisha Jadan Johnson, 18, is charged with assault inflicting serious bodily injury on an unborn child, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury, court records show.
Elijah Jshaun Speight, 19, the child’s father, is charged with negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury, according to court records. Johnson is accused of taking mifepristone and misoprostol July 26 “in an attempt to terminate her pregnancy early,” her arrest warrant states.
Mifepristone and misoprostol are two pills commonly prescribed to terminate a pregnancy. Speight told police the couple found out about Johnson’s pregnancy when she was 20 weeks pregnant in June, according to search warrants in the case.
Johnson then allegedly ordered mifepristone online from Virginia and began taking the medication a few days before the birth, the warrants state. “On July 29, 2026 Ms. Johnson began having abdominal pain and sat down during the day to help with the pain,” a detective wrote. “She sat on the toilet and gave birth to a child.” It’s not clear who called 911, though Speight and Johnson’s mother were both present when police arrived, according to the search warrants.
Speight told officers the medication could be found in Johnson’s purse, which search warrants indicate police couldn’t find at the home or in her hospital room.
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This will be an interesting case. I wonder what the jury will do.
“ The child weighed just under 5.5 pounds and required CPR when first responders arrived, according to the arrest warrant” from the article
Fixed.
I weighed only 4 pounds when I was born in a small town hospital. In 1950! A nurse told my mother that I'd probably die, but I'm still here.
So the writer thought we had to be told it was the ‘female’ teen who took the abortion pills. They aren’t hiring the best and brightest to work in their newsroom. Wonder if an editor even looked at the story?
Attempted murder. They should both be behind bars for many years.
If Jesus doesn’t come back soon, there will be no room left in hell.
Spay her and neuter him. Problem solved.
Amazing they used the words unborn child instead of clump of cells.
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