Three arrested in alleged forced abortion attempt
Three people have been arrested in Washington state in connection with allegations that Jean Brando Zintz secretly drugged his pregnant former fiancée and gave her abortion medication while she slept. According to court records, Zintz opposed the pregnancy, and his mother offered the woman $10,000 to have an abortion; after she refused, the woman experienced prolonged bleeding, dangerously low blood pressure and other symptoms, and said she repeatedly woke with a chalky substance in her mouth. Zintz’s brother, Michael Moises Montano, allegedly told the woman that Zintz had sedated her, replaced her prenatal vitamins with abortion pills and administered only one of the two medications used in a medication abortion. Investigators say the pills were obtained by Montano’s girlfriend, Ciara Miller, and all three have been arrested on charges related to the alleged attempt; Zintz was arrested in Arizona and is awaiting extradition. The woman and her pregnancy survived, according to one report.







