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Recent News Stories Related to Reproductive Coercion
A Warning to Teenagers Before They Start Dating
IUD May Be the Best Emergency Contraception
Nearly 1 in 5 Women in U.S. Survey Say They Have Been Sexually Assaulted
Forced to Abort? Why anti-violence advocates aren’t rushing to criminalize “coerced abortion.”
Making the Link Between Dating Violence and Women’s Reproductive Health
For Many Rape Victims, Treatment and Support Services Fall Short
Schools to Warn of Dating Violence
Women Fight to Put Violence on Global Agenda
Man Accused of Trying to Poison Pregnant Girlfriend so She Would Miscarry
Attempted Murder Charge Dropped
Partner Violence, Teen Pregnancy Linked
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Marsha Robertson Dir. of Communications 415.678.5617For non-media inquiries, please contact:
Futures Without Violence formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund 100 Montgomery Street, The Presidio San Francisco, CA 94129 phone: 415. 678.5500 e-mail: info@futureswithoutviolence.org
Press Releases
Hanging Out or Hooking Up: Clinical Guidelines on Responding to Adolescent Relationship Abuse: An Integrated Approach to Prevention and InterventionReproductive Care Is the Primary Health Care Need for Young Women in the U.S.
Girl Talk: What High School Senior Girls Have to Say about Sex, Love, and Relationships
A Warning to Teenagers Before They Start Dating
NEW! Addressing Intimate Partner Violence, Reproductive and Sexual Coercion: A Guide for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Reproductive Health Care Settings
Just Plain Wrong: House Republican Bill Undermines the Violence Against Women Act
Violence Against Women Act in Jeopardy
Legislation Aims To Decrease Teen Pregnancy and Dating Violence Among Young People of Color
Futures Without Violence Applauds Inclusion of Violence Prevention in National Health Policy Strategy
New Guidelines Released for Physicians to Help Identify and Treat Victims of Reproductive Coercion
1 in 4 Callers to the National Domestic Violence Hotline Report Birth Control Sabotage and Pregnancy Coercion
Partner Violence Intervention Reduces Pregnancy Coercion in New Study
Reproductive Coercion: Connecting The Dots Between Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy
New Study: Further Evidence of Link Between Domestic Violence & Reproductive Coercion
Leading Domestic Violence Expert Applauds Representative Roybal-Allard for Championing Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2010
New $3 Million Federally-Funded Public Health Initiative Aims to Identify and Help Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence, Prevent Abuse and Unplanned Pregnancy
Groundbreaking Study Finds that Many Victims of Partner Violence Experience Reproductive Coercion
Violence Prevention Leader Lauds Secretary Clinton’s Speech Linking Reproductive Health Care to Women’s Health, Progress & Equality
Domestic Violence Expert Lauds Preventing Unintended Pregnancy, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act
‘He Thought a Baby Would Keep Me in His Life Forever’: When Partner Abuse Isn’t a Bruise But a Pregnant Belly
Forced to abort? Why anti-violence advocates aren’t rushing to criminalize “coerced abortion.”
Making the Link Between Dating Violence and Women’s Reproductive Health
Domestic, Sexual Violence Can Harm Women’s Reproductive Health
New Initiative on Domestic, Dating, Sexual Violence in the African-American Community to Kick Off
Soler Urges Administration Not to Implement ‘Conscience Regulations’
Reproductive Health Consequences of Sexual, Dating & Domestic Violence are Focus of New Initiative
Every time I would confront him about his lies and unfaithfulness, he would force himself on me sexually. He always refused to wear a condom and would act offended when I suggested he use one."
