Parents Force Daughter to Have Abortion Because Her Husband Was From the Wrong Caste

International | Micaiah Bilger | Feb 2, 2021 | 1:28PM | New Delhi, India

A young woman in southern India was held prisoner by her parents and forced to abort her unborn baby, police said this week.

The News Minute reports police said the woman’s parents, Subramani and Selvi, of Salem, Tamil Nadu, were angry that she had married a man from a different caste.

The young woman, Renuka, 19, married her husband in August against her parents’ wishes and moved to his home in Dalit, according to the report.

On Jan. 21, she told police that she received a call from her mother saying that she was sick. Renuka said she was concerned about her mother and decided to go visit her. Immediately after she arrived, however, she said her parents locked her in their house and prevented her from contacting her husband, the report continues.

Five days later, her parents took her to an abortion facility in Attur and forced her to abort her unborn baby; she was about four months pregnant, according to police.

Police said Renuka managed to get her brother’s phone on Jan. 28 and called her husband who immediately called the police. Police said they rescued the young woman and arrested her parents.

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Abortions frequently are coupled with coercion and abuse. As LifeNews previously reported, one study found that 64 percent of post-abortive women said they felt pressure to have the abortion.

Several studies also have linked domestic violence to abortion. In these cases, some women were forced or pressured by partners into having abortions, while others believed having an abortion would help them escape abuse. A 2011 study in “Obstetrician and Gynaecologist” found that almost 40 percent of the women seeking abortions had a history of physical abuse and relationship issues.

LifeNews also has been keeping track of reports involving allegations of forced and coerced abortions, as well as abuse connected with women who refuse to abort their unborn babies.

Reports include:

Brazil – Man Kills His Girlfriend’s Unborn Baby By Putting Abortion Pills in Her Vagina During Sex

Pakistan – 14-Year-Old Girl Dies After Rapist Allegedly Forced Her to Have Abortion

Tennessee – Man Kills His Pregnant Girlfriend and Her Baby After She Refuses to Have Abortion

England – Man Threatens to Slit His Baby’s Throat if His Ex-Girlfriend Didn’t Have Abortion

England – Husband Orders His Wife to Kill Their Unborn Baby in an Abortion

India – Police: Former Officer Rapes Teen Girl, Then Forces Her to Kill Her Baby in an Abortion

Florida – Jeffrey Epstein Rape Victim Says She Was Pressured to Have Abortion

California – U.S. Swim Coach Accused of Sexual Abuse, Pressuring Girl into Abortion

Pennsylvania – Man Allegedly Used Abortion Pills to Hide Sexual Abuse of Daughter and Stepdaughter When They Got Pregnant

India – Woman’s Parents Allegedly Strangle Her to Death After She Refuses to Kill Her Baby in an Abortion

Philippines – Police Officer Charged with Raping Intern, Forcing Her to Abort Her Unborn Child