"The mother accused of forcing her teenage daughter at gunpoint to go to a Palm Beach County abortion clinic will receive no prison time after pleading Friday to reduced charges.
"Fort Pierce resident Glenda D. Dowis had been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and child abuse, but prosecutor Kathryn Nelson said obtaining a conviction would be difficult because the daughter refused to cooperate.
"Dowis instead pleaded no contest to aggravated assault -- without the additional deadly weapon charge -- and child abuse, both third-degree felonies. She had been accused of threatening her 17-year-old daughter with a gun and taking her to an abortion clinic in Lake Clarke Shores on Aug. 1."
Mom Who Triedto Force Abortion Escapes Jail Time