Man, two teen boys give pregnant girl a drug used to abort cows

May 20, 3:44 PMStrange News ExaminerJ. Doug Gill

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The cow abortion drug Prostamate (FDA)

Last spring, a 17-year-old Pennsylvania student joined her boyfriend on the grounds of Williamsburg Community High School for a little together time.

The young lady, pregnant at the time by said boyfriend, sipped from a bottle of Gatorade provided by her young suitor.

It was only after she had finished sipping from the bottle that another acquaintance told her the drink had been spiked – with Prostamate, a drug farmers use to abort a calf.

On Tuesday, 46-year-old Jonathan Imler of Williamsburg was arrested and charged with attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault of an unborn child, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, theft by unlawful taking and corruption of minors.

Imler, the criminal charge alleges, met with the 16-year-old father of the baby and a 17-year-old friend to discuss giving the drug to the girl to kill her unborn child.

The two boys then stole the drug and a syringe from a local farm and added a ‘drop’ to the girl’s beverage. They then delivered the mixture to the community school where the pregnant 17-year-old drank from the bottle.

The friend of the baby’s father told police he ‘heard the drug may cause her to have a miscarriage and could have killed [her].’

Police reported that an FBI lab found traces of the drug in the drink.

According to the girl’s mother, she was alerted to the contaminated beverage hours after ingesting it. The mother, unnamed to protect her daughter’s identity, had the girl rushed to the hospital where doctors confirmed the substance could have aborted the baby.

Since Prostamate is a hormone, however, it presented no danger to the mother.

But according to the warning label, a property of Prostamate is “readily absorbed through the skin and can cause abortion and/or bronchospasms.” The label also warns women of child-bearing age and people with respiratory problems to exercise extreme caution when handling the product.

The Altoona Mirror reported that the child, born late last year, was unharmed in the incident.

Police filed juvenile petitions against the two underage perpetrators. Their cases will be heard at a later date.