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Mass. man indicted for allegedly misleading his ex into taking meds to end her pregnancy
Robert Kawada, 43, of Brookline, is accused of giving the woman medication to terminate her pregnancy after telling her they were iron pills.
A Brookline man has been indicted on charges that he allegedly tricked a woman he had been dating into taking pills to end her pregnancy, under the guise that they were iron pills.
Robert Kawada, 43, of Brookline, is charged with poisoning, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a pregnant person and assault and battery on a household or family member, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office announced Friday.
According to Ryan’s office, Kawada and the victim had been dating when she became pregnant earlier this year. Upon learning of the woman’s pregnancy, Kawada allegedly ordered two medications used to cause miscarriage —Misoprostol and Mifepristone, according to officials. Kawada allegedly used the identity of a woman he knew to place the online order.
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Kawada then allegedly tricked the woman into taking the pills, which he claimed were iron supplements, according to officials. The woman was reluctant at first, prosecutors say, but agreed because Kawada’s father is an obstetrics and gynecology doctor.
“In a continued effort to deceive the victim, the defendant allegedly arranged for a person, who identified themself as a nurse from the victim’s medical facility, to call the victim and further encourage her to take a supplement citing low iron in recent test results,” Ryan’s office said in a statement.
According to investigators, Kawada went to the victim’s home, and the pair discussed the nurse’s phone call. Kawada told her he had the necessary pills with him and gave them to the victim, who took them.
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“That medication was actually intended to end the pregnancy. After the victim had been given the pills, she suffered a miscarriage. The victim was later able to provide a description of the pill, which she had ingested, that was consistent with one of the drugs that induced the miscarriage,” Ryan’s office said.
Investigators say that before the calls to the victim from the alleged nurse, Kawada had called that same number, which was not affiliated with a medical facility.
Kawada was originally arrested in May in connection with the scheme. This week’s indictment moves the case from district to superior court. He is due to be arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court at a later date.
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