The Tampa woman at the center of the high-profile abortion pill case could testify in court Thursday.
Prosecutors told a federal judge Wednesday they are trying to decide whether Remee Jo Lee will take the stand.
Lee is the woman who says her then-boyfriend Andrew John Welden tricked her into taking Cytotec, a pill widely used in abortions.
Welden, 29, took a plea deal in the case, but U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara is trying to determine if the pill alone caused Lee, 27, to lose her unborn child, which was seven weeks old.
Lazzara also will have final say of how much time Welden spends in prison.
Welden previously pleaded guilty to product tampering and mail fraud. Attorneys for both sides jointly recommended a sentence of 13 years and 8 months.
On Thursday, Welden's attorneys brought experts to the stand who said it is not clear that the pill alone is responsible for her miscarriage. The defense has suggested that the miscarriage could have happened on its own.
"It's an area that hasn't really been studied," Welden's attorney Todd Foster said of the effects of the pill. "There's very little research, and there's very little data on it."
First to take the stand on Thursday was Dr. Beverly Winikoff, an expert in women’s health.
She told the judge it was highly unlikely the Cytotech pill caused her to lose her baby because her dose was too low.
As family members from both sides listened, two other experts gave their findings to the judge.
While studies show usually women must take multiple Cytotec pills to abort a fetus, there’s always a small possibility that one pill could have caused Lee's miscarriage.
One doctor told the judge: "the law is asking me a question that medicine simply can't answer."
Lee is expected to stay on the stand for about two hours.
Today's hearing can really change this case depending on how the judge rules.
On Wednesday, prosecutors brought in two doctors who said that even a low dosage of the drug that Lee took could terminate a pregnancy.