Texas Attorney Sentenced for Attempting to Induce Abortion in Pregnant Wife

Mason Herring receives 180 days in jail and 10 years probation after pleading guilty, amidst criticism from estranged wife over the sentence's leniency.

Mason Herring, a Texas attorney, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years probation after pleading guilty to injuring a child and assaulting a pregnant person.
The sentence follows Herring's attempts to induce an abortion in his pregnant wife by slipping abortion-inducing drugs into her drinks.
Catherine Herring, the estranged wife, criticized the sentence as insufficient, highlighting their daughter's developmental delays and the need for therapy eight times a week.
The couple's daughter, born 10 weeks premature, survived despite Herring's multiple attempts to terminate the pregnancy.
Evidence included video footage of Herring mixing a substance into his wife's drink and packaging for misoprostol, an abortion drug, found in the trash.