{"id":90854,"date":"2016-03-25T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=90854"},"modified":"2016-03-25T13:15:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:15:20","slug":"uk-man-sentenced-to-jail-for-pressuring-girlfriend-to-take-abortion-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/uk-man-sentenced-to-jail-for-pressuring-girlfriend-to-take-abortion-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"UK man sentenced to two years in jail for pressuring girlfriend to abort"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>45-year-old\u00a0James George pleaded guilty last week in Oxfordshire, England,\u00a0to buying\u00a0a poisonous or noxious pill\u00a0to cause a miscarriage. He was sentenced to two years in jail.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2014, George&#8217;s girlfriend became pregnant. She made it clear that she was choosing to keep the baby. However, George apparently did not want a child, and the Oxfordshire Guardian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordshireguardian.co.uk\/man-jailed-for-buying-abortion-pills-and-pressuring-ex-to-end-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> that he ordered abortion pills online three times.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cGeorge put the victim under a lot of pressure to have a termination,&#8221; said Detective Constable Jane Tregurtha,\u00a0of the domestic abuse unit. &#8220;He went to great lengths, researching abortion websites, phoning clinics, and took the victim to her GP to discuss a termination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to jail time, a restraining order was issued against George. The pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage in October 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, men using abortion (or\u00a0pressuring women to use abortion)\u00a0as an escape from parenthood is not as uncommon as we may think.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot Institute Director David Reardon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2016\/03\/24\/man-tried-to-make-his-girlfriend-to-take-abortion-pills-because-he-didnt-want-to-be-a-father\/\" target=\"_blank\">explains<\/a> that in many cases, &#8220;police and witnesses reported that acts of violence and murder took place after the woman refused to abort or because the attacker didn\u2019t want the pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Even if a woman isn\u2019t physically threatened, she often faces intense pressure, abandonment, lack of support, or emotional blackmail if she doesn\u2019t abort. While abortion is often described as a \u2018choice,\u2019 women who\u2019ve been there tell a very different story.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\">AbortionProcedures.com<\/a>, former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino explains the abortion pill process, including its risks to women&#8217;s health:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QOjhK5hfEhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: It may be possible for a chemical abortion (the abortion pill regimen) to be reversed. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abortionpillreversal.com\">Visit AbortionPillReversal.com<\/a> for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>45-year-old\u00a0James George pleaded guilty last week in Oxfordshire, England,\u00a0to buying\u00a0a poisonous or noxious pill\u00a0to cause a miscarriage. He was sentenced to two years in jail. In August 2014, George&#8217;s girlfriend became pregnant. She made it clear that she was choosing to keep the baby. However, George apparently did not want a child, and the Oxfordshire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":57250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[1908,6885,4409,126],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK man sentenced to two years in jail for pressuring girlfriend to abort<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"45-year-old James George pressured his girlfriend to abort, &quot;took the victim to her GP to discuss a termination,&quot; and bought abortion pills for her to take.\" \/>\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\/uk-man-sentenced-to-jail-for-pressuring-girlfriend-to-take-abortion-pills\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK man sentenced to two years in jail for pressuring girlfriend to abort\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"45-year-old James George pressured his girlfriend to abort, &quot;took the victim to her GP to discuss a termination,&quot; 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