Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) damages individuals, their children,
communities, and the wider economic and social fabric of society. Some governments and …

Reproductive coercion is a behavior that interferes with the autonomous decision-making of
a woman, with regard to reproductive health. It may take the form of birth control sabotage …

Intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is a significant aspect of intimate partner violence
(IPV). While intimate partners commit one third of sexual assaults, IPSV is often overlooked …

Objective Unintended pregnancy is common and disproportionately occurs among low-
income women. We conducted a qualitative study with low-income women to better …

Introduction Pregnancy and childbirth is a special period in a woman's life, which involves
significant physical, hormonal, psychological, social, and cultural changes that may …

Objective Reproductive coercion (RC)—birth control sabotage and coercion by male
partners to become pregnant and to control the outcome of a pregnancy—has been …

Partner abuse research over the past two decades has divided violent, threatening, or
abusive phenomena into discrete areas of interest to researchers that, although distinct, are …

Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important global public health problem.
While there is a growing literature on the association between IPV and women's …

Reproductive health professionals are in a critical position to reach women victimized by
abusive relationships. In the general population, physical and sexual violence victimization …

In Reproductive Justice, sociologist Barbara Gurr provides the first analysis of Native
American women's reproductive healthcare and offers a sustained consideration of the …