An Ohio surgeon who climbed on top of his sleeping girlfriend and force-fed her crushed abortion pills faces a maximum of just five years in prison after pleading no contest to four charges. The attack killed their unborn child and represents what prosecutors call a serious abuse of medical trust.
The Attack That Shocked Toledo
Hassan-James Abbas allegedly carried out the assault at his Toledo home in 2024 after his girlfriend, who was also his patient, told him she was pregnant and refused his repeated demands for an abortion. In the days before the attack, Abbas offered his girlfriend hot chocolate and tea—gestures prosecutors said were inconsistent with their relationship. While she slept, Abbas allegedly climbed on top of her, held her down, crushed the abortion-inducing drugs into powder, and forced the substance into her mouth and beside her gums.
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The woman woke during the assault and fought back, attempting to call 911. Abbas reportedly grabbed the phone and ended the call. She eventually escaped and sought emergency medical treatment at a local hospital. Tragically, the unborn child did not survive the forced ingestion of mifepristone and misoprostol pills.
How He Got The Drugs
According to prosecutors and the Ohio State Medical Board, Abbas secretly used his estranged wife’s personal information—including her full name, date of birth, and driver’s license number—to order one mifepristone pill and 12 misoprostol pills online. A Lucas County grand jury indicted Abbas in 2025 on six felony charges including abduction, tampering with evidence, unlawful distribution of an abortion-inducing drug, disrupting public services, identity fraud, and deception to obtain a dangerous drug.
Lenient Plea Deal Sparks Outrage
Earlier this month, Abbas entered a no-contest plea to four charges. As part of the plea agreement with the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office, the more serious charges of abduction and tampering with evidence will be dismissed at sentencing. Abbas now faces a maximum of just five years in prison and fines up to $15,000. Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney Julia R. Bates acknowledged the case represents a serious abuse of trust, stating doctors hold positions of respect in the community and this conduct was unacceptable.
Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life, condemned the case as another example of chemical abortion abuse. Hawkins wrote that until the nation demands accountability in the unregulated chemical abortion market, abusers and pill vendors will continue to win while mothers and babies continue to lose. Sentencing is scheduled for June.