Posts Tagged ‘reproductive coercion’
Historic Health Care Victory for Reproductive Coercion
The Institute of Medicine report is a monumental leap toward ensuring that our health care system and providers will be partners in identifying and helping victims of reproductive coercion.Monday, July 25th, 2011
“I Was Forced To Get Pregnant” — Redbook Covers Reproductive Coercion
Redbook tells the stories of three women who were forced to become pregnant against their will.Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Birth Control Sabotage Featured on Radio Health Journal
Reproductive coercion was a topic on this week’s Radio Health Journal.Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Reproductive Coercion Guidelines for Physicians Distributed in California
Futures Without Violence has created the first set of reproductive coercion guidelines for physicians that California’s Department of Public Health is now distributing to over 2000 Family Planning Access Care and Treatment (Family PACT) providers in the state.Monday, May 16th, 2011
New Guidelines Released for Physicians to Help Identify and Treat Victims of Reproductive Coercion
To better treat victims of a form of intimate partner violence called reproductive coercion, Futures Without Violence, formerly known as the Family Violence Prevention Fund, created the first set of guidelines that California’s Department of Public Health is now distributing to over 2000 Family Planning Access Care and Treatment (Family PACT) providers in the state.Monday, May 16th, 2011
Law and Order Covers Reproductive Coercion
Law and Order: SVU addresses reproductive coercion–possibly a first for TV.Monday, May 9th, 2011
New Study: Many Iowa Women Seeking Abortions Have Experienced Violence
Nearly one in seven women who sought abortions at a large family planning clinic in Iowa (13.8 percent) reported at least one incident of physical or sexual abuse in the past year, usually by an intimate partner. The prevalence of physical and sexuWednesday, July 28th, 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 issWednesday, January 27th, 2010
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."
