The Ohio State Medical Board suspended the license of a training physician at the University of Toledo Medical Center earlier this month after he forced his girlfriend to take abortion pills against her will.
The State Medical Board suspended the license of 32-year-old surgical resident Dr. Hassan-James Abbas on Nov. 5 following an incident last year in which he forcibly gave his romantic partner, identified in legal documents as “Patient 1,” the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol without her consent.
The case received attention on social media from Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who called it “absolutely horrific.”
There have been several high-profile cases of pregnant women being forced to take abortion pills, including in Texas and Louisiana, but the set of circumstances surrounding the Ohio situation is unique, considering that abortion access is protected in the Ohio constitution until 22 weeks gestation.
This is absolutely horrific. https://t.co/MklYZoi71v
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) November 11, 2025
Documents from the Ohio medical board obtained by local news outlet WTOL11 indicate that Abbas had separated from his wife in October 2024 and began a sexual romantic relationship with Patient 1.
