Woman Sues Doctor Who Forced Her to Take Abortion Pills

An Ohio woman has filed a lawsuit against her doctor boyfriend after he allegedly forced her to take crushed-up abortion pills.

As The Daily Signal previously reported, Dr. Hassan Abbas, a Toledo surgical resident, is facing felony charges after allegedly forcing his girlfriend to ingest crushed-up pills after she informed him that she was pregnant.

Kelle Saull, the attorney for the alleged victim, told The Daily Signal, “We have filed suit against Dr. Hassan Abbas, his father Dr. Jihad Abbas, and both UTMC and ProMedica.”

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“We will not rest until justice is served in this case,” Saull added.

Abbas had his license suspended last month by the University of Toledo Medical Center over the accusations.

“Dr. Hassan Abbas has now been indicted and placed on leave,” Saull continued. “His employers only placed him on leave after the medical board summarily suspended him; but the victim is relieved it finally happened and she and the public are being protected.”

A Recap and an Update

Abbas’ license was suspended last month following allegations that he forced his pregnant girlfriend to ingest crushed-up pills to induce an abortion.

After she was forced to take the pills, the alleged victim reportedly fought to get to the kitchen and called 911. But Abbas reportedly took her phone and hung up the call.

The victim then drove herself to the hospital and lost the baby.

Abbas is said to have ordered abortion pills online under his estranged wife’s name, birthday, and driver’s license number without her knowledge or consent.

The charges filed last week, according to WTOL 11, include abduction (third-degree felony), tampering with evidence, unlawful distribution of an abortion-inducing drug, disrupting public services, identity fraud, and deception to obtain a dangerous drug.

Abbas was indicted by a grand jury in Lucas County and is to be arraigned on Dec. 19.

The Daily Signal reached out to prosecutors. A public information officer refrained from commenting, “due to the ongoing nature of the matter,” but provided a copy of the indictment against Abbas in response.

Civil Lawsuits

ProMedica and the University of Toledo Medical Center are now facing civil lawsuits, according to reporting from WTOL 11.

WTOL 11 noted that Abbas was placed in a fellowship program at ProMedica’s Jobst Vascular Institute, where his father, Dr. Jihad Abbas, is the director of the vascular surgery fellowship program.

The woman now suing the father and son claims that ProMedica and the University of Toledo Medical Center were made aware of the allegations against Hassan Abbas, and yet still failed to fulfill reporting obligations.

ProMedica told The Daily Signal it is aware of the suit against them and plans on addressing “multiple inaccuracies.”

“It is important to note that Dr. Hassan Abbas has never been employed by ProMedica,” shared ProMedica Associate Vice President of Strategic Communications Tausha Moore. “Earlier this year, Dr. Hassan Abbas matched with a ProMedica fellowship program set to begin in mid-2026. Since then, ProMedica has initiated the formal process with the National Resident Matching Program to waive his fellowship match.”

“We are aware of a recent civil suit involving Dr. Hassan Abbas, a resident at the UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, and his father, which revolves around personal matters that are unrelated to our organization,” Moore added. “We have noted multiple inaccuracies in the civil suit filing and plan to address them through the appropriate legal channels.”

The Daily Signal reached out to the University of Toledo but did not hear back.

LifeNews Note: Rebecca Downs writes for Daily Signal, where this column originally appeared.

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