Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for slipping woman abortion pill

April 6th, 2026: Stephen Doohan will no longer be able to work as a paramedic, as the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service said his crime is “fundamentally incompatible with continued registration." He previously had been a Clinical Team Leader with the Scottish Ambulance Service. In a statement, his victim said while she was glad he had been removed from a position of trust, nothing could undo what had been done to her.

"Nothing about the decision can undo what he did or give me back what I lost and the impact of his crimes will continue to affect me forever," she said. "Knowing he will never again be in a position of trust is an important step so I welcome the HCPTS ruling as it contributes to making healthcare services safer. No paramedic or health professional should have the means or opportunity to target vulnerable people, especially when victims and survivors often receive little or no aftercare from senior figures once these incidents come to light."

July 9th, 2025: A man in Scotland has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for slipping his mistress the abortion pill during sex. Stephen Doohan, a married paramedic, inserted the drugs inside of her, inducing an abortion.

Key Takeaways:

• Stephen Doohan, a paramedic, was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for inserting an abortion drug into his mistress during sex.

• The woman noticed white discharge and went to the hospital the next day.

• The baby did not survive.

• During the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK and the U.S. government (the Biden-Harris administration) allowed the abortion pill to be sent by mail, leading to more cases of men obtaining the drugs to induce abortions in women without their knowledge.

The Details:

Thirty-three-year-old Stephen Doohan has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison after he was convicted of depositing a drug to cause an abortion.

He was married when he began an affair on a trip to Spain in 2021. In March 2023, he learned that his mistress, who did not know he was married, was pregnant. On March 17, he inserted an abortion drug into her during sex, without her knowledge. According to the judge, “She felt something hard being inserted into her vagina and believed this was a sex toy.”

The next day, she noticed a white discharge. She went to the hospital and ultimately lost the baby.

In May of 2023, she filed a complaint with the Scottish Ambulance Service, which opened an investigation. That investigation revealed that after learning she was pregnant, Doohan searched the internet for abortion drugs.

Doohan pleaded guilty to sexual assault, depositing a drug into the woman, and depositing a drug to cause an abortion.

Sentencing Judge Lord Colbeck told Doohan, “You put her through considerable pain over a number of days, and left her facing a lifetime of pain and loss.” He also said Doohan caused “long-term psychological injury” to the woman.

Why It Matters:

Doohan is not alone in his successful efforts to secure abortion drugs and slip them to an unsuspecting woman. Stories like these are becoming more common since the abortion pill has become more widely available and easily accessible over the internet. In recent years, after the Biden administration began allowing the distribution of the abortion pill by mail and through retail pharmacies, several similar cases made headlines.

For example, a married father in Washington state faced charges of second-degree assault, third-degree rape, tampering with a witness, and more charges after he allegedly inserted several abortion-causing pills into his mistress’s body during sex.

Another man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after spiking a woman’s drink with the abortion pill and killing her baby.

Another man was charged with poisoning, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a pregnant person, and assault and battery on a household or family member when he tricked his ex-girlfriend into taking misoprostol — the second drug used in the abortion pill regimen — to induce an abortion. He told her they were iron pills or other vitamins.

The Bottom Line:

Making abortion more “accessible” for women to obtain by mail-order without proof of pregnancy, gestational age, etc., has also made it far easier for predatory or abusive men to obtain. Though cases like this are frequently dismissed by the abortion industry as if they simply aren’t occurring, it is clear that they are.

Abortion — and the abortion pill, specifically — continues to make it easier for a man to use a woman for sex while failing to commit to her or to a child they may create together.

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