Houston lawyer in forced abortion case gets 8 years in prison for probation violation, docs show

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston lawyer who pleaded guilty in a forced abortion case and was sentenced to probation is now going to prison, according to court documents.

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In 2024, Mason Herring accepted a plea deal after admitting he spiked his wife's water with an abortion drug in 2022. That was the same year Herring and his ex-wife, Catherine, divorced.

Herring admitted to spiking her water with the abortion drug Misoprostol, which she told a court caused her to give birth 10 weeks early.

As part of his deal, Herring was originally sentenced to 10 years' probation on charges of injury to a child under 15, bodily injury, and assault of a pregnant person. On Monday, a judge sentenced Herring to eight years in prison for violating probation.

Herring was charged with violating a protective order on two separate occasions, within 12 months. Records show the violations happened during the supervised visits with his three kids, including the daughter he tried to abort.