According to the Toledo Blade, WTOL, WTVG, and other news outlets, Hassan-James Abbas, M.D., a surgical resident at the University of Toledo Medical Center, has been suspended for allegedly forcing a patient to take abortion drugs.
Carrie Snyder, executive director of Ohio Right to Life, says if the allegations are true, this is attempted murder, plain and simple.
"The allegation is that a doctor in Toledo was having an affair and obtained abortion pills after he impregnated his mistress," she details. "He secretly tried to have her ingest them, and … he ended up trying to force her to ingest them. It's just terrible."
Snyder says this case illustrates how easy it is to access abortion pills and what can happen when somebody who wants an abortion can force that on a woman who does not; women face the unknown danger of a partner acquiring abortion pills and giving them the drugs without their knowledge or consent.
Pointing to a recent study by the Ethics & Public Policy Center (EPPC), which found that one in ten women experiences a severe adverse health event after taking the abortion pill, she says this case also highlights "one of the many dangers women face from abortion drugs."
Snyder blames "radical activist judges" for blocking Ohio laws that would limit easy access to abortion pills. She also takes issue with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for dropping "commonsense safeguards against these drugs."
While providing additional information about chemical abortions online, Snyder says Ohio Right to Life is also moving forward multiple pieces of legislation to reinstate protections for women in her state.
