{"id":27593,"date":"2013-02-19T22:31:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T03:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=27593"},"modified":"2013-02-21T08:04:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T13:04:02","slug":"texan-teen-spared-from-forced-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texan-teen-spared-from-forced-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Texan teen spared from forced abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>An often\u00a0under-reported\u00a0situation has been brought to light recently in the case of a 16-year-old mother in Texas who sued her parents for trying to force her into an abortion.\u00a0The mother, identified as REK, reported that she was verbally and physically threatened by her parents to abort her child. They took away her car, pulled her out of school, and even forced her to take two new part-time jobs in the hope of her changing her mind. Her mother also threatened to slip an abortion pill secretly into her food. REK and her boyfriend were adamant that they did not want to abort their child; they were\u00a0represented\u00a0by attorneys who reported that REK could not be forced to abort.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"kaltura_player_1361313212\" style=\"border: 0px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/cdnapi.kaltura.com\/index.php\/kwidget\/wid\/1_c079enjx\/uiconf_id\/3775332\/st_cache\/57301?referer=http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/video\/texas-teen-sues-parents-abortion-fight-18476718&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;addThis.playerSize=392x221&amp;freeWheel.siteSectionId=nws_offsite&amp;closedCaptionActive=true&amp;\" height=\"221\" width=\"392\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; font-size: x-small; margin-top: 0;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">The case has been going on for around a month, and a decision was finally made today. REK (who is about 10 weeks pregnant) and her boyfriend are allowed to keep their child because of her\u00a0constitutional\u00a0right to bring her baby to term. Her parents <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/pregnant-teen-wins-abortion-battle-150554993--abc-news-topstories.html\" target=\"_blank\">will be responsible<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"> for half of her hospital bill when she gives birth, unless she is married to her boyfriend. Her boyfriend is featured below with his thoughts on the case.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><object id=\"ep\" width=\"416\" height=\"374\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&amp;videoId=bestoftv\/2013\/02\/19\/pmt.cnn\" \/><embed id=\"ep\" width=\"416\" height=\"374\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&amp;videoId=bestoftv\/2013\/02\/19\/pmt.cnn\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Pro-lifers across the nation are rejoicing at this life being saved from abortion. How wonderful that these attorneys were able to secure the precious lives of REK and her baby!<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s remember that there are always more lives to save, and more people to show the truth to. We <em>all<\/em> have an opportunity to save the lives of babies and mothers like REK from abortion by being outside abortion clinics. Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.40daysforlife.com\/location.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">find your nearest 40 Days for Life campaign<\/a> and help us show others the truth about life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This young woman and her boyfriend get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":27601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texan teen spared from forced abortion - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texan-teen-spared-from-forced-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Texan teen spared from forced abortion - 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