Scum

Physical violence against your partner is bad enogh, but what sort of scum assaults his partner, when she is pregnant?

Sadly, around 10% of women, according to University of Auckland research, are assaulted at leaset once when pergnant. And this is physical assault – not some wider psychological definition of abuse.

The natural instinct to protect a pregnant woman is so strong, that I really can not understand how anyone could ever overcome that to hit a pregnant woman. Any domestic violence is unacceptable, but violence involving a pregnant partner is even more difficult to fathom.

I wonder what links there are between domestic violence to a pregnant mother, and child abuse once the child is born? I suspect there is a nasty cycle of abuse and violence there.