Dr. Thomas is a flashback character in The Handmaid's Tale.
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Before Gilead[]
Milk[]
Dr. Thomas meets with Janine Lindo to discuss her options about an unwanted pregnancy. Janine says that the nurse in the other clinic talked her into keeping the pregnancy, but Dr. Thomas probes Janine further and discovers that she actually visited a manipulative crisis pregnancy center. She tells Janine that they do perform abortions here, and gives Janine pills to terminate. She is required by law to tell Janine that pregnancy could have adverse side effects, but secretly tells her that those effects are exaggerated.[1]
Dr. Thomas's eventual fate is unknown. Since she was a medical professional who performed abortions, she may have been executed or been sent to the Colonies if she did not manage to escape Gilead.