AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Ohio doctor gets just six months for forcing abortion pills on pregnant girlfriend
A 32-year-old surgical resident who held down his pregnant girlfriend and shoved crushed abortion pills into her mouth received only six months behind bars, and now pro-life leaders and an Ohio senator are demanding the Justice Department step in. Hassan-James Abbas, a surgical resident at the University of Toledo, pleaded no contest in May 2026 […] The post Ohio doctor gets just six months for forcing abortion pills on pregnant girlfriend appeared first on American Almanac .
A 32-year-old surgical resident who held down his pregnant girlfriend and shoved crushed abortion pills into her mouth received only six months behind bars, and now pro-life leaders and an Ohio senator are demanding the Justice Department step in. Hassan-James Abbas, a surgical resident at the University of Toledo, pleaded no contest in May 2026 to four felony charges after prosecutors said he illegally obtained abortion drugs, pinned down his girlfriend Jona Affholder in bed, and forced the crushed pills into her mouth on December 18, 2024, at his home in Holland, Ohio, a small community outside Toledo. Affholder miscarried. Abbas got six months in prison. The sentence has drawn sharp criticism from SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie…Open