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1/3 of Abused Women Pressured Into Pregnancy

Abusive male partners use 'reproductive coercion' to maintain control

(Newser) - Around a third of women physically abused by their partners are also the victims of a subtler form of abuse, dubbed “reproductive coercion.” Abusive male partners force women to become pregnant, or sabotage their birth control efforts. “In the larger scheme of violence against women and girls,...

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