Toledo-area doctor sentenced to 6 months in forced abortion-drug case

wtol ^ | September 11, 2026 | Victoria Dugger, Melissa Andrews

[Morgana]

TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo-area doctor who was placed on administrative leave from his position as a surgical resident at the University of Toledo Medical Center was sentenced Friday to six months at CCNO and two years of probation.

Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Joe McNamara sentenced 32-year-old Hassan-James Abbas to six months at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio and two years of probation.

Abbas pleaded no contest in May to four felony charges:

• Disrupting public services

• Unlawful distribution of an abortion-inducing drug

• Identity fraud

• Deception to obtain a dangerous drug

A no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt, but it allows the court to determine guilt based on the facts presented by prosecutors.

Abbas was originally indicted on six felony charges. Under his plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to dismiss charges of abduction and tampering with evidence at sentencing. About the crime

The charges stemmed from a Dec. 18, 2024, incident at Abbas’ Holland home.

According to prosecutors and records from the State Medical Board of Ohio, Abbas began a relationship with a woman who previously had been his patient. After the woman told Abbas she was pregnant and did not want an abortion, investigators said Abbas used his estranged wife’s personal information to obtain mifepristone and misoprostol from an out-of-state telemedicine provider.

Prosecutors said Abbas later crushed the abortion medication, climbed on top of the woman while she was sleeping, held her down and forced the medication into her mouth.

The woman told WTOL 11 that she fought to get away and attempted to call 911. Investigators said Abbas took the phone from her and disconnected the call. She eventually left the home and sought treatment at a hospital.

The woman told WTOL 11 that the medication ended her pregnancy.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionpill; chemicalabortion; doctor; forcedabortion; forcedabortions; medicalabortion; ohio; prolife

[maro]

He wasn’t charged with murder?

[frank ballenger]

Food for thought is even if he serves the full six months (many people sentenced get out sooner) he may set up practice again, depending on licensing ruling. One of my late wife’s doctors moved to another state later after Michigan denied his license reinstatement after his conviction. He practiced there for decades.

https://medicaljustice.com/blog/if-your-license-to-practice-medicine-is-revoked-in-one-state-can-you-practice-in-another/

[TheDon]

So much for “my body!”