A Texas man has been accused of poisoning his pregnant wife in order to forcibly abort the baby that she was carrying.
Mason Herring, 38, a Houston attorney, was indicted by a Harris County grand jury last Thursday on two felony charges of assault of a pregnant person and assault to force an abortion.
Back in March, the man allegedly snuck Misoprostol, a drug used to induce medical abortions, into his pregnant wife’s beverages, attempting to force her to abort the baby she was carrying, stated authorities. She has not been named.
After the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Texas had trigger laws set in place that make it a felony to knowingly attempt, perform, or induce an abortion, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
The husband and wife had been married for 11 years when the wife alleged that he was poisoning her. Authorities claimed that Herring was unhappy with the pregnancy when he found out about it in February.
Shortly after finding out about the pregnancy, the couple, who had separated earlier in 2022, went on a trip together to West Texas in March. According to the wife, the husband allegedly insisted she drink plenty of water.
This attitude progressed until he gave her a full cup of water one morning and reportedly told her that he would not leave until she had finished it. It was on this occasion that, according to officials, the wife noticed that the water was cloudy. Shortly after, she started feeling very sick, experiencing cramps, diarrhea, and heavy bleeding.
She went to an emergency room, but the bleeding continued that night. The excessive offering of beverages continued for a month.
After she first noticed the “cloudy” cup, she did not drink anything else that he gave her.
In April, she had cameras installed outside the house and noticed that her husband was taking the trash out and cleaning his truck. The woman said that “this was out of character … as he does not do chores around the house.”
She found the drugs he was allegedly used on her when she checked the trash. She reportedly discovered opened packs of Cyrux, which is a version of the drug Cytotec that contains Misoprostol.
Following this incident, she observed him pouring the contents of a plastic bag into her drink. The woman saved six water samples for authorities to test, later confirming that at least two of them contained the abortive drug. It is not clear how Herring obtained the prescription drug.
KTRK reported that the baby was born prematurely but is now healthy and doing well.
Herring is the first person in Harris County to be charged with assault to force an abortion. The statute carries a sentence of two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.
Herring is out on a $30,000 bond, and his court date is scheduled for December 2.
Maybe people in the early stages of divorce shouldn’t have unprotected sex if they don’t want more kids.
“She has not been named.” Gosh, that’s nice of you to protect her identity. But I’ll bet that, after 11 years of marriage, her surname might be “Herring” or maybe “___-Herring” or “Herring-___” (fill in the blanks).
Shame on you sir. I hope and pray that the baby was not harmed in any way! You need to lose your license to practice law and I sure hope you do!!
I would go one step further and hope he is in prison for a very long time for attempted murder (unless the child dies in the womb). Then it’s capital murder.
The article states the baby was born prematurely but is doing well.
WOOOOOOOWWWW!!!
I have no other word(s)
I hope this guy gets the maximum prison time and maximum fine. Especially in light of the Roe vs Wade reversal. 😡
25 to life sounds about right!!
Wow 2 to 10 years that is not enough time for trying to abort your own baby glad the baby is 👌.
May as well used a clothes hanger!! Attempted murder is what he should face….!!!
If a woman can have an abortion why can’t a man decide to have an abortion
Because he is not pregnant. All he had to do was give up pare tap rights. But it is not his place to give a woman drugs to try and murder the baby. If is fortunate that those drugs did not kill the woman and baby.
This works both ways he was wrong but a women who aborts her fetus without the father’s consent is also wrong if one parent is willing to take responsibility of the baby then abortion should not be an option unless medical harm to either the child or the mother is an issue!
He didn’t want children. Why didn’t he get fixed.
This man tried to kill his very own baby before the birth. We thank Jesus for the birth of this child and pray the baby and mom are healthy and continue to heal. Prayers are with you and your baby. This monster should spend the longest time in prison that the law allows and then get a life long restraining order on him for the baby, child and Ex wife.
He deserves what the law allows just like everyone else. Being an attorney doesn’t make him more guilty or less.
So many things wrong here. He is giving her a medication requiring a script. Where is he getting his medical knowledge? His reasoning is to kill a human, murder, AND, whoever gave it to him, should be held just as accountable, unless it was prescribed for him specifically for a medical condition! As a lawyer, he should know these laws!
I think. They should make him have a vasectomy. The wife won’t. Fear for her life again. He won’t be able to get her pregnant And if they get divorced. (I know I would‘nt stay with him after he poisoned me). She will still be able to have Children. Again. When. She Finds and Marries a man who wants to have children with her
I think castration would be better than vasectomy….
Attempted Murder! Make an example of him period.
They were separated. Obviously moving towards divorce! Seems to me the woman was attempting to entrap him with a child. He never wanted a child and felt it was being forced on him. I don’t agree with abortion for any reason. I also don’t agree with entrapment!
He should get charged with attempted murder!
Had to be a Ginger lol, glad baby and the mom are okay and away from that monster.
What a snake
Oh no! He is a very sick person to do this. I’m glad she caught on to his game and both she and HER baby are doing good. He should be charged with attempted murder.
I think he deserves more time than any woman who tries or successfully gets an abortion because it’s her body and as far as I’m concerned no man should ever decide what you can or can’t do with your own body!