[Salman]

Also not unusual: Middle class PARENTS bullying their pregnant unwed teenager into having an abortion.

I personally know of several cases.

[Notwithstanding]

Exactly - another extreme and typical occurence in our society.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Also not unusual: Middle class PARENTS bullying their pregnant unwed teenager into having an abortion.

I personally know of several cases.

So do I! There is a dangerous assumption that parents will seek to prevent an abortion once they find out about an underage/illegitimate pregnancy. It is frequently not true!

[Aquinasfan]

Also not unusual: Middle class PARENTS bullying their pregnant unwed teenager into having an abortion.

I used to do sidewalk prayer vigils outside Planned Infanticide in Brookline. I saw as many mothers pushing their distraught daughters into the abortuary as I did boyfriends. Statistically, I think moms are the leading abortion advocates followed closely by boyenemies.