Man Kills His Pregnant Girlfriend Because She Refused to Get Abortion

For pregnant mothers, the number one cause of death is homicide.

Research has found that homicide, frequently committed by a husband or partner, took more pregnant mothers’ lives than any other cause. These crimes often destroy the lives of the mothers’ unborn babies as well, and a mother’s refusal to have an abortion frequently is a factor.

And that’s what happened in Wisconsin, where a man has bene charged with  first-degree intentional homicide after confessing that he shot and killed his girlfriend because she told him she was pregnant and wanted to keep the baby.

According to police, 23-year-old Logan Barclay shot 22-year-old Kiersten Hansen. The couple already have a daughter

Barclay told police he got angry after Hansen refused to get an abortion. Barclay eventually confessed to killing Hansen after lying to law enforcement many times about his whereabouts the night of the killing.

Here’s more:

Prosecutors say two women were walking the trails near Peace Park on April 17 when they discovered the victim’s body. Investigators say she had been shot in the stomach.

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The complaint states the woman was young and in her early 20s with dirt on her knees and shins along with her hands and sweatshirt.

Detectives report, “It appeared she crawled to the tree. While she had small personal effects, like chapstick and an iPhone charger, she did not have a wallet or cellphone.”

According to the criminal complaint, Barclay changed his story several times while maintaining he was not ready to be a father the first time and thought the victim was going to have an abortion.

Detectives report, “She decided to keep the baby, which made Logan extremely angry, because he did not want that kind of responsibility.”

According to court documents, Barclay confessed that he took her for a walk on the night of April 16. The two argued about her possibly being pregnant again.

He told detectives the victim “would not stop talking about the pregnancy and how she wanted to keep it.” Logan told the detectives that she was “still talking about it, no matter how many times I told her to stop, she wouldn’t. And I broke. I snapped. Screamed at her, and took it out and said ‘stop following me, stop talking about it, please.’”

A 2014 study, “Associations Between Intimate Partner Violence and Termination of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” published in the journal “PLOS Medicine,” found that intimate partner violence, including history of rape, sexual assault, contraception sabotage and coerced decision-making, was associated with abortion.

Another study by the Elliot Institute found a high rate of coerced and forced abortions among post-abortive women, as high as 64 percent.

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