A black man who took his girlfriend at gunpoint to a medical clinic and tried to force her to have an abortion, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison

Dominic Holt-Reid pleaded guilty in April 2011 to attempted murder, abduction and illegally possessing a gun. The Columbus resident reportedly became enraged in April 2010 after his then-girlfriend Yolanda Burgess refused to go through with an abortion. After dropping their 5-year-old son off at school, he pulled a gun out and forced her to drive to the clinic. The clinic staff called police after Burgess passed them a note saying that she had been threatened and didn't want to go through with the procedure. He was arrested in the clinic parking lot with a .45 handgun.