TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - State officials have suspended a Toledo doctor’s medical license after he allegedly used his estranged wife’s information to order abortion drugs for his girlfriend, then forced her to ingest it against her will.

The State Medical Board of Ohio suspended the medical license for Hassan-James Abbas, M.D., according to records from the agency. Abbas, a surgical resident at the University of Toledo, was placed on administrative leave after the license was suspended on Nov. 5, a spokesperson confirmed.

The notice from the medical board said Abbas began sleeping with a person identified as “patient 1” when he separated from his wife in October 2024. She told Abbas she was pregnant in December. He wanted the girlfriend to get an abortion, but she didn’t want to, the letter

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