Reproductive coercion often is accompanied by physical or sexual violence
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 11:35
in Psychology & Sociology
Young women and teenage girls often face efforts by male partners to sabotage birth control or coerce pregnancy - including damaging condoms and destroying contraceptives - and these efforts, defined as 'reproductive coercion,' frequently are associated with physical or sexual violence, a study by a team of researchers led by UC Davis has found...