Videos Discuss Reproductive Coercion, Preventive Services

The following summarizes selected women’s health related videos. GRITtv Explores Reproductive Coercion: GRITtv recently examined dating violence and reproductive coercion among teenagers…

Study Examines Reproductive Coercion Of Female Teens By Partners

About one in five female patients at family planning centers report experiencing reproductive coercion — pressure by a male partner through verbal threats, physical violence or birth control tampering to become pregnant, according to a study published in the journal Contraception, Newsweek reports…

Physical Or Sexual Violence Often Accompanies Reproductive Coercion

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…