This is about my cousin who is late twenties. She is from a country in South Asia and currently in USA. She has been married for 3 years, her husband has been abusive physically and verbally since the beginning of marriage. He had to move back to home country since his visa ran out in USA but she's still there on student visa and is working there currently in a professional role.
She has to visit him in India due to some family situation and he forced himself onto her knowing that she was ovulating as he got hold of her period tracking app while she kept saying no in a deliberate attempt to make her pregnant. She is pregnant now, probably 5 weeks now. They have been talking about getting divorce every other day now and they are not getting along at all.
When she told him about pregnancy, he said he will demand custody of the baby and divorce her after that. He is very toxic person and she is on her own at the moment in USA and he is in India. If she goes ahead with the pregnancy, she will have to go through it on her own as her family is not there in USA and she will have to be pretty much a single mother while also navigating work, visa and childcare all on her own and the baby would be a US citizen, so I don't know how child custody will work then?
She is really struggling to make a decision on now for the future. Most family members have suggested to abort this pregnancy and go through divorce with him as this constant abuse and his toxic behaviour and now this forcing himself is just not acceptable and more of a criminal behaviour.
Is there any advice or suggestions she can use? Thanks