{"id":78640,"date":"2015-10-30T11:10:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=78640"},"modified":"2015-10-30T11:28:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:28:45","slug":"pennsylvania-man-jailed-choking-girlfriend-wouldnt-abort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pennsylvania-man-jailed-choking-girlfriend-wouldnt-abort\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania man jailed for choking girlfriend who wouldn&#8217;t abort"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A Pennsylvania man <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/index.ssf\/2015\/10\/man_assaults_pregnant_girlfrie.html\">has been charged<\/a> with assault and harassment for allegedly beating and choking his pregnant girlfriend because she refused to have an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>21-year-old Lenworth Paul Lawrence was arrested on October 28 following an incident that began with an argument between him and his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As the argument grew heated, he allegedly swung at her nose, causing it to bleed, and began choking her and telling her to abort the couple&#8217;s second child. He then told her to &#8220;wash up&#8221; and left.<\/p>\n<p>Following his arrest, Lawrence was sent to county prison upon failing to provide the $5,000 bail. The judge has ordered him to enroll in Northampton County Pretrial Services and stay away from the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Live Action News has <a href=\"\/news\/abortion-industry-smears-pro-lifers-ignores-violent-men-force-women-abortion\/\">previously covered<\/a> numerous instances of men who have committed acts of violence against women for refusing to abort. Despite rhetoric that abortion is about a &#8220;woman&#8217;s right to choose,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunchoice.com\/News\/ruestudy.htm\">one study<\/a> suggests more than 60% of women who have abortions were pressured into doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pennsylvania man has been charged with assault and harassment for allegedly beating and choking his pregnant girlfriend because she refused to have an abortion. 21-year-old Lenworth Paul Lawrence was arrested on October 28 following an incident that began with an argument between him and his girlfriend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":78717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[19,2305,69,3893,639,4046],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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