Attempted Murder Charge for abortion supporter Cops Say Tried to Force Girlfriend into Abortion at Gunpoint

4/27/2011: UPDATED HERE: Pro-choice man pleads guilty to kidnapping girlfriend at gunpoint, attempted murder, and forcing her to drive to the an abortion clinic

Attempted Murder Charge for Man Cops Say Tried to Force Girlfriend into Abortion at Gunpoint
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Dominic Holt-Reid (Franklin County Jail)
10/21/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CBS/AP) An Ohio man accused of trying to force his girlfriend at gunpoint to get an abortion has pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted murder.
Authorities say Dominic Holt-Reid pointed a handgun at his pregnant girlfriend and forced her to drive to a women’s clinic. He pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the attempted murder charge, under an Ohio law prohibiting the unlawful termination of a pregnancy.

He entered his not guilty plea in Franklin County Common Pleas Court and was ordered held on $350,000 bond.

The 27-year-old Holt-Reid was described as a college student and single father of six children, including a previous child with the pregnant girlfriend.

A public defender was appointed for the defendant.