Gemma spent Christmas Day in casualty with her two children. Her husband had beaten her to a pulp and had stomped so hard on her that his boot marks were visible on her chest and back. When her eldest child tried to intervene, he took off his belt and beat both children, leaving black and blue welts all down their little bodies from the back of their necks down to their ankles. He had repeatedly raped Gemma. Six weeks later she discovered she was pregnant. She could not continue with the pregnancy and knowing her husband would carry out his threats to kill her if he found out, she went to her GP. Her GP told her that abortion was illegal in Northern Ireland and refused to help her. Gemma had to contact ASN in secret but at last she found someone who would help her.
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