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A 17-year-old in Gainesville, Georgia, has been charged with battery to an unborn child, misdemeanor battery, aggravated assault, and criminal trespass after he assaulted his girlfriend who refused to abort their child.\u00a0According to The Times<\/a>, Koa Barker is accused of punching the 18-year-old woman in her stomach\u00a0\u201cafter having stated that he did not wish to have a child with her.\u201d The woman was reportedly 15 weeks pregnant.<\/p>\n

Reports also claim that Barker told the woman that he wanted to kill her as he choked her and slapped her. The condition of the woman and her preborn child is unknown.<\/p>\n

This form of domestic violence and coerced abortion is far from rare. One study<\/a>\u00a0found that\u00a064% of women report feeling pressured to abort. When the coercion escalates, it can lead to violence, as the study found that 65% of those coerced women suffered symptoms of trauma. In an article for the Hamilton Spectator,\u00a0Lisa James, director of health for Futures Without Violence, says that it is often the partner’s fear of loss of control that leads him to violence.\u00a0“That loss of control can be frightening and can spark a reaction of rage or resentment or anger,” she said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This idea is verified by a\u00a02007 Guttmacher Institute study, which pointed to previous\u00a0research<\/a>\u00a0that found an increased risk of violence during pregnancy as the result of the partner feeling resentment towards his preborn child and his possessiveness over the mother of the child. Indeed, the\u00a0University of California San Francisco reports<\/a> that “[d]omestic violence is more common than any other health problem among women during pregnancy.”<\/p>\n

READ: Georgia teen charged in deaths of stepmother and preborn child<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that violence sometimes escalates to death. Homicide is one of the leading\u00a0causes of death<\/a> of pregnant women in the United States, second only to car accidents.\u00a0Live Action News has reported<\/a> on many cases of pregnant women who have been abused or slain<\/a>\u00a0at the hands of the father of their child.<\/p>\n

As these stories all show, women in domestic abuse situations need help. Abortion is not the answer for women in tragic situations, as it merely compounds the trauma and results in the death of an innocent child. An area crisis pregnancy center or a domestic violence shelter is a good place to start in helping a woman<\/a> experiencing a crisis pregnancy to find local assistance.<\/p>\n

If you are a victim of domestic violence, please contact\u00a0the National Domestic Violence Hotline<\/a>, or call 1-800-799-SAFE.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 17-year-old in Gainesville, Georgia, has been charged with battery to an unborn child, misdemeanor battery, aggravated assault, and criminal trespass after he assaulted his girlfriend who refused to abort their child.\u00a0According to The Times, Koa Barker is accused of punching the 18-year-old woman in her stomach\u00a0\u201cafter having stated that he did not wish to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":226865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9455,3473],"tags":[19,2305,6642,3893,1886,16734,4201,199,16732,4818,16730,16733,16731,298,16729,6103],"yoast_head":"\nGeorgia teen assaults his girlfriend after she refuses abortion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Georgia teen has been arrested after he viciously assaulted his girlfriend for refusing to get an abortion, repeatedly punching her in the stomach.\" \/>\n<meta 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