http://blogs.kansas.com/courts/2008/09/08/wichita-case-of-pregnant-woman-punched-in-stomach-a-common-example-of-abuse/ News from inside Wichita's courts Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:37:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.kansas.com/courts/2008/09/08/wichita-case-of-pregnant-woman-punched-in-stomach-a-common-example-of-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-500 ronsylvester Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:46:09 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/courts/?p=213#comment-500 <p>Yes, Cindy, you remember that testimony correctly from Everett Gentry. Prosecutors tell me that pregnant women get punched in the stomach, because "that's where they're most vulnerable." I don't know whether the motivation is getting out of responsibility, or just being jealous of not getting the attention themselves, as the articles I've linked to suggest. The articles also talk about pregnant women in abusive relationships being more likely to be killed. In the case of Chelsea Brooks, which you site, prosecutors say that was the motivation: to get rid of the baby. The father of Brooks' child, Elgin Robinson, is set for trial Sept. 22.</p> Yes, Cindy, you remember that testimony correctly from Everett Gentry. Prosecutors tell me that pregnant women get punched in the stomach, because “that’s where they’re most vulnerable.” I don’t know whether the motivation is getting out of responsibility, or just being jealous of not getting the attention themselves, as the articles I’ve linked to suggest. The articles also talk about pregnant women in abusive relationships being more likely to be killed. In the case of Chelsea Brooks, which you site, prosecutors say that was the motivation: to get rid of the baby. The father of Brooks’ child, Elgin Robinson, is set for trial Sept. 22.

]]> http://blogs.kansas.com/courts/2008/09/08/wichita-case-of-pregnant-woman-punched-in-stomach-a-common-example-of-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Cindy Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:36:42 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/courts/?p=213#comment-385 <p>I can't recall the names now, but the friend who testified against the father of Chelsea Brooks' baby, didn't he say one of their ideas was to beat Chelsea to induce a spontaneous abortion? They were trying to come up with a way to keep the father of the baby out of prison for having sex with a minor. Anecdotal evidence surely points to men abusing pregnant women with the idea that a miscarriage would relieve them of 18 years of child support or render any paternity question moot. I'm just thinking there could well be other or additional motivations for the abuser.</p> I can’t recall the names now, but the friend who testified against the father of Chelsea Brooks’ baby, didn’t he say one of their ideas was to beat Chelsea to induce a spontaneous abortion? They were trying to come up with a way to keep the father of the baby out of prison for having sex with a minor. Anecdotal evidence surely points to men abusing pregnant women with the idea that a miscarriage would relieve them of 18 years of child support or render any paternity question moot. I’m just thinking there could well be other or additional motivations for the abuser.

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