Women disclosing physical violence are nearly three times more likely to experience a sexually transmitted infection than women who don’t disclose physical abuse.
‘He Thought a Baby Would Keep Me in His Life Forever’: When Partner Abuse Isn’t a Bruise But a Pregnant Belly
He moved in just weeks after their first date, which was before she learned about the cheating. When she confronted him, repeatedly, he raped her, repeatedly. When she told him to move out, he threatened her with more violence. Meanwhile, condoms: not happening… Read More
Forced to abort? Why anti-violence advocates aren’t rushing to criminalize “coerced abortion.”
Lynn Harris, at Salon’s Broadsheet, calls Missouri’s legislative billed on so-called “coerced abortion” a red herring. An excerpt: Violence against women comes in many forms, and “forced abortion,” such as it is, is only one of them. As covered earlier in Broadsheet, researchers are now beginning to notice and study what’s turning out to [...] Read More
Carollee started dating a 32-year-old man when she was 19. She noticed that whole rows of pills would disappear. When Carollee called her boyfriend on the disappearing birth control, he responded that he “knew” she wanted to have his child."
