Posts Tagged ‘birth control sabotage’
New Study Documents Sexual Coercion Among Young People
Among the many challenges of being a teenager, one stands out: understanding your own sexuality and desire for intimate connection. With the onslaught of romantic and sexual imagery in virtually every part of popular culture, it is also becoming increasingly difficult to sort out what you think and believe from what society tells you to [...]Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Groundbreaking Study Finds that Many Victims of Partner Violence Experience Reproductive Coercion
“Those of us who work to stop dating, domestic and sexual violence have long known that many victims face threats, verbal demands and physical violence designed to interfere with their efforts to use birth control,” said Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) President Esta Soler. “It is a big part of the reason that women in abusive relationships are at higher risk for unintended pregnancy.Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Study: Reproductive Coercion a Factor in Unintended Pregnancy
A groundbreaking study released this week sheds light on a little-recognized form of abuse in which men use coercion and birth control sabotage to cause their partners to become pregnant against their wills. The study, published in the January issue of Contraception, finds this kind of reproductive control to be especially common in relationships in which [...]Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Virginia Pharmacy Prescribes “Divine Mercy” – but not Birth Control
It may have slipped by with the barrage of media coverage of the elections, but late last month Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy opened in Chantilly, VA. Among other things that don’t fit into the “culture of life” that the pharmacy prescribes to, shoppers will not be able to buy birth-control pills or condoms in the [...]Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Knock Up Knock Out?!?
Don’t believe that birth control sabotage is a real problem? Just check out this entry in the Urban Dictionary. Oh, and it got five thumbs up.Friday, September 26th, 2008
I think he just wanted to get me pregnant for some reason, so that I don’t mess with nobody else or anything… It’s basically… a way of saying I’m already taken."
