An Ohio doctor faces charges of trying to force abortion drugs into the mouth of his pregnant girlfriend while she slept — and using his estranged wife's name to obtain the medication.

Hassan-James Abbas, 32, was indicted last week on charges of abduction, evidence tampering, identity fraud and unlawfully distributing an abortion-inducing drug, a court filing shows . The State Medical Board of Ohio suspended his license in November, and the announcement included details of the doctor's alleged actions.

Noting that Abbas apparently started a "romantic and sexual relationship" with the victim after he separated from his wife in October 2024, the board says that on Dec. 7 of that year, the victim told him that she was pregnant.

"You told her that you wanted her to get an abortion, but she

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