 The couple were shown to face problems in August 2006, when Stacey declared she was pregnant with Bradley's child and, on the advice of his father, Max (Jake Wood), Bradley convinced Stacey to have an abortion; Jane Simon of "The Mirror" described the episode as "incredibly powerful".Scriptwriter Sarah Phelps has described Stacey's abortion as "a dagger in [her] heart [...] Stacey thought that if this is what [Bradley] really wants [...] 'OK i'll go through with it', but she really didn't want to.He broke her heart."