This is beyond anything I think I’ve heard in my 40+ years on the planet.
Mother, Cousins Charged With Forcing Teen To Drink Turpentine For Abortion
The mother of a Columbus teen is accused of forcing her daughter to drink turpentine, trying to induce an abortion. The 16-year-old is now in protective custody.
The teen’s mother, 44-year-old Rozelletta Blackshire, is charged with criminal abortion and first degree cruelty to children. Also, two cousins, Shonda Blackshire and Monica Johnson, are also under arrest. “The mother two cousins were involved in forcibly having her to take a quantity of turpentine on two different occasions explaining to her that their help would help kill her baby and do away with her pregnancy,” said Lt. J.R. McMichael, Columbus Police Department.
Detectives say the teen was forced to take turpentine mixed with sugar to chase off the jarring taste. Police were called to investigate after the girl told her school counselor that her mother made her drink the turpentine. Relatives may have tried to terminate the pregnancy after discovering the father of the baby is over 30-years-old.
Abortion is still legal in this country — what would possess this women to do this to her own child?
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