My heart aches as I hear my bestfriend cry and feeling she has no other options

As I listened to my bestfriend of over 10 yrs telling me that she having doubts of carrying her child to full term and considering having an abortion. Her marriage have been going through such a roller coaster for all the years they've been married. They already have a 3 year old child and at his age he's already witnessing the arguments and being in the middle of it all. She tells me that there are times when their child yells back to stop them from fighting. Hearing about how her marriage not working out doesn't surprise but it is so heart wrenching. She came to me tonight crying her heart out about feeling so horrible about even having the thoughts of having an abortion. She doesn't want to bring another child into a unhappy marriage. She doesn't know how to make the marriage work when her husband has already set his ways. I had to keep myself composed because if I didn't I would have wanted to speak to the husband myself and really set it straight with the guy and tell him how things really are and should be. I've learned that the best thing I could do is simply have empathy and listen. My heart aches listening to my friend telling herself that she's a bad person and that she's run out of options of how to make the marriage work.

Jennifer - I remember when you first posted about your friend. You are very good to her. It must be hard to stand by and not be able to really do anything. The best thing you can do is support her as you have been doing.

jennifer- yes support thats all you can do as hard as it may be sometimes