Ep 1379 | Her Husband Poisoned Her & Their Baby. Now Her Story Is Saving Lives | Catherine Herring

August 3, 2026

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On March 17, 2022, Catherine Herring’s husband of eleven years brought her breakfast in bed—a plastic cup of water and a biscuit. He insisted she drink the water for the sake of her pregnancy, stood over her urging her to chug it, and when she noticed the water was milky, he grabbed the cup, said he must have grabbed a dirty one, and left the house with it. Thirty minutes later, Catherine began violently cramping and lost all bodily control. In the chaos, she remembered an article about abortion pill reversal ads and called a pregnancy hotline. The nurse guided her through taking progesterone she already had in her medicine cabinet—a dose she believes saved her daughter’s life.

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1 (00:00) **Pregnancy Announcement Triggers a Husband's Strange Behavior** - Catherine Herring shares the beginning of her story: her husband's negative reaction to her third pregnancy and his sudden, obsessive focus on her hydration.
2 (03:28) **Realizing Something is Terribly Wrong** - Catherine experiences violent physical symptoms and connects them to the drink, leading her to call an abortion pill reversal hotline.
3 (06:08) **The Life-Saving Call and Progesterone** - Catherine explains how the hotline nurse guided her through an abortion pill reversal and how she found progesterone in her own medicine cabinet.
4 (09:55) **Red Flags and a Husband's Double Life** - Catherine details the warning signs leading up to the poisoning, including his reaction to the pregnancy and a suggestion from their marriage counselor.
5 (14:02) **The ER Visit and a Black Urine Sample** - Catherine describes her terrifying trip to the emergency room, where her symptoms were so severe the medical team believed she was going into kidney failure.
6 (17:10) **The Challenge of Proving an Abortion Pill Poisoning** - Catherine explains the difficulty in proving the crime, as hospitals cannot test for prescription drug poisonings, and how she and a private investigator gathered evidence.
7 (21:35) **Catching the Husband on Camera** - Catherine reveals how she and her team gathered hard evidence, including catching him making a poisoned drink on a hidden camera.

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Show Notes

Allie is joined by Catherine Herring, an abortion pill survivor. When Catherine announced her third pregnancy, her husband’s strange and negative reaction quickly escalated into something far more sinister. He began obsessively pushing her to stay hydrated while secretly grinding abortion pills into her drinks, nearly ending both her life and their unborn daughter’s. After a terrifying ER visit and multiple poisoning attempts, Catherine hired a private investigator whose shocking discovery — and hidden-camera evidence — changed everything. Hear Catherine’s harrowing yet redemptive story of survival, justice, and her fight to protect other women.

Check out Catherine’s nonprofit: https://sayhmfoundation.org/

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Time Codes

0:00 Introduction

0:54 How Catherine Was Drugged with an Abortion Pill

16:59 Building the Case Against Her Husband

34:56 The Legal Outcome

40:29 The Birth of Catherine’s Daughter

52:43 Cathine’s Advice for Domestic Violence Situations

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