Erie police said a Mercyhurst College student accused of killing her newborn researched abortion methods on her computer before she gave birth.
Teri Rhodes, 18, hid the pregnancy from friends and teammates, told a doctor two days before the birth that she didn't think she was pregnant and did Internet research on topics including "what can kill a fetus," police said.
After giving birth in her campus apartment Aug. 12, Ms. Rhodes put the newborn in a plastic bag and left it on the floor of a bathtub as she showered, according to the criminal complaint.
She was charged yesterday with homicide, abusing a corpse and concealing the death of a child.
A search of Ms. Rhodes' laptop computer found that she had done research on the Internet on topics including "what can kill a fetus," "alternative methods of ending pregnancy" and "herbal abortion techniques," the criminal complaint said.
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Not that abortion advocacy devalues babies or anything. Nope.
I hope she gets the help she's crying for. That's too disturbing for a mentally healthy person to do.
And who knows, maybe there were other factors involved. Abuse, depression,...
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