{"id":331826,"date":"2025-05-27T06:45:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=331826"},"modified":"2025-05-26T08:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T13:01:27","slug":"abortion-pressure-boyfriend-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-pressure-boyfriend-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressured into an abortion, she finally found healing from the trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was 19-year-old Kori Peterson\u2019s partner who first suspected she was pregnant, and it would be he who pressured her to have an abortion. <\/span>Peterson didn\u2019t want to believe she was expecting a baby with her boyfriend, especially since the relationship was rocky, but she also did not want to have an abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Peterson told Live Action News, \u201cI was adamant that I was not going to have an abortion. But my boyfriend had other ideas. He made an appointment at Planned Parenthood where I learned I was five weeks pregnant.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Facing pressure to abort<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Peterson initially was reluctant to consider abortion, she became concerned about her reputation as a young Christian woman who had engaged in premarital sex. Additionally, her boyfriend began pressuring her to end the pregnancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe made promises to me that if I acquiesced to his wishes, we would get married at a later date and have another baby,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cI was desperate to hold onto him, and I wanted to do whatever I could to save the relationship, even though I knew in my heart that it was wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n