Study finds asking about pregnancy coercion and intimate-partner violence can reduce their incidence

Monday, August 30, 2010 - 08:56 in Psychology & Sociology

Specifically asking young women during visits to family planning clinics whether their partners had attempted to force them to become pregnant - a type of intimate-partner violence called reproductive coercion - dramatically reduced the likelihood that the women would continue to experience such pressures, according to a new pilot study led by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine.

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