Posts Tagged ‘reproductive coercion’

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 sexual violence by an intimate partner was 9.9 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, [...]
Wednesday, 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 issue of Contraception, finds this kind of reproductive control to be especially common in relationships in which [...]
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010