(The Lion) Ohio’s State Medical Board has suspended the license of a doctor who allegedly physically forced crushed abortion pills under the lip of his patient and pregnant girlfriend.
The Ohio medical board notice, sent Nov. 5, informed Dr. Hassan-James Abbas of his suspension, saying there is “clear and convicting evidence” he violated Ohio law and his “continued practice presents a danger of immediate and serious harm to the public.”
Abbas, a surgery resident at the University of Toledo, separated from his wife in October 2024 and started a romantic and sexual relationship with another woman, referred to as Patient 1 in the notice.
On Dec. 7, 2024, Patient 1 told Abbas she was pregnant, and he said to get an abortion, which she refused.
Abbas ordered abortion pills Dec. 8 from an “out-of-state telemedical abortion provider,” using his “estranged wife’s name,” “date of birth, and driver’s license number.” He paid with his credit card, and the pills arrived at his address Dec. 11, according to the notice.
That same day, Patient 1 texted Abbas complaining of nausea. The following morning, he submitted a prescription for Phenergan and Compazine and told her to “try one and see how it works. If it’s not helping try the other,” the notice reports. These prescriptions established a “patient relationship” with Patient 1, according to the notice.
Meanwhile, Patient 1 scheduled an obstetrician appointment for Jan. 8 and texted Abbas that the baby was due in August. When she came to his house Dec. 17, the two shared dinner, and she later declined tea. She spent the night there, waking up around 4 a.m. to see that Abbas was awake.
“She fell back asleep and then awoke to you physically on top of her,” the notice writes, addressing Abbas. “She thought it was a hug but then, holding her down, you took your fingers and forced a crushed powder inside her bottom lip, beside her gums. You continued to hold Patient 1 down.”
Patient 1 scratched and shoved Abbas to escape and called 911. Before she reached the dispatcher, Abbas hung up the call. The notice confirms a 911 call occurred from Abbas’ address at 4:50 a.m.
Patient 1 drove to the emergency room, where she was diagnosed with “vaginal bleeding.” The hospital listed her as an “assault victim” whose sexual partner had forced an “unknown powder into her mouth” after she told him of a positive pregnancy test, according to the notice.
The notice says Abbas admitted to the facts as presented in front of board staff on July 21, 2025, and that he confessed to ordering the abortion pills with his wife’s identity and to “crushing the abortion medication for it to dissolve more quickly.”
“You stated that you adjusted the medication administration and did not follow the instructions, substituting your medical judgment for the directions,” the notice reads.
Abbas claimed Patient 1 had agreed to take the pills but admitted to administering them to her and later hanging up the 911 call. He said he discarded the remaining crushed pills by “throwing them out the window on [his] way to work.”
The University of Toledo Medical Center told local CBS affiliate WTOL 11 Abbas was “placed on administrative leave” after his license suspension.
“The matter under investigation by the state is unrelated to his role at UToledo,” the statement reads. “UToledo holds its employees to the highest standards of professional conduct and will cooperate with the state medical board’s investigative processes.”
Patient 1 told the television station UTMC has known about Abbas’ actions since the beginning of 2025.
“I think it’s important for people to know that UTMC says they hold their employees to the highest standards; however, they have had this information since the beginning of this year and they chose to still employ him and not place him on leave until now,” she said.
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Abbas was given 30 days to request a hearing, after which the board will decide “whether to limit, revoke, permanently revoke, or suspend his license,” WTOL reports. If the board takes permanent action, Abbas would be ineligible to ever hold a medical license or certificate to practice in Ohio and could never apply for reinstatement or receive a new license.
The board may impose a civil penalty of up to $20,000 as well as take additional disciplinary action, the notice states.
Abbas’ actions violate Ohio’s standards of medical practice, including “selling, giving away, personally furnishing, prescribing or administering drugs for other than legal and legitimate therapeutic purposes,” WTOL reports.
Additionally, the notice says his acts classify as felonies including “Identity Fraud, Deception to Obtain a Dangerous Drug, Unlawful Distribution of an Abortion-Inducing Drug, Abduction, Disrupting Public Services and Tampering with Evidence.”
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Lucas County Sheriff Mike Navarre said no charges have yet been filed in the case. Abbas’ address is registered under his parents Jahad and Kimberly Abbas, according to public records and detective search warrants, which allowed investigators to search the property and obtain Abbas’ computer, which he used to order the pills.
Center for Christian Virtue President Aaron Baer, an Ohio resident, referenced Abbas’ alleged crimes in a post on X, calling on the Trump administration to reinstate a requirement for an in-person doctor’s visit for women seeking abortion.
“A man in Toledo illegally ordered abortion pills online under his wife’s name and tried to crush up the pills and force them down his pregnant girlfriend’s throat at 4 a.m. Biden era abortion policies are hurting women,” Baer said.
“This is ALL because people can order abortion pills online today without an in person doctors visit. @realDonaldTrump can protect women SIMPLY by restoring the original FDA REMS. WE MUST DO THIS NOW.”
Editor's note: This article was published by The Lion and is reprinted with permission.
