The trial for a New York physician facing several charges for allegedly spiking his girlfriend's beverage with an abortion pill, which was set to begin this week, has been delayed until March 2018, according to ABC-7 News.
Court documents suggest Sikander Imran's, MD, trial was delayed to March 12, 2018, because additional charges were levied against him, according to the report. He was previously charged with cause of abortion and premeditated killing of a fetus of another.
Brook Fiske said she and Dr. Imran had been dating on and off for three years before Dr. Imran moved to Arlington, Va., for a new job. During that time, Ms. Fiske discovered she was pregnant.
She said at 17 weeks pregnant, she traveled to Arlington to discuss with Dr. Imran how they would raise the child.
"When I was drinking my tea in the evening, I got to the bottom of the cup, there was a gritty substance in there. When I looked at it, I could tell that it was a pill that had been ground up," Ms. Fiske told News-10.
Ms. Fiske said she began having contractions a few hours after she drank the substance. She said Dr. Imran "immediately started crying and said that he was a horrible person and that he had done what I thought he did."
Ms. Fiske said she was transported to Arlington-based Virginia Hospital Center, but lost the baby boy. Medical practitioners allegedly told her traces of the abortion pill Misoprostol were discovered in her system, according to the report.
A nurse at the hospital reportedly told Ms. Fiske she was given 800 milligrams of the pill. Roughly 200 milligrams is enough to induce labor, the report states.
Ms. Fiske said the experience has left her shaken, but that testifying against Dr. Imran in court in June "was very empowering," the report states.