Reproductive control can be a form of partner violence

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Reproductive control can be a form of partner violence

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/reproductive-control-form-partner-violence-211041747.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iZsqnlQREG46PjdjMb5hgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-09-04T211041Z_1_LYNXNPEB8315H_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE-CONTRACEPTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An illustration picture shows a woman holding a pill at her home in Nice" align="left" title="An illustration picture shows a woman holding a pill at her home in Nice" border="0" /></a>By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - Intimate partner violence or abuse can take the form of birth control sabotage, pregnancy pressure or coercion, which can have devastating consequences including unintended pregnancy, abortion and psychological trauma, according to a new review. This type of intimate partner violence is called ?reproductive coercion,? and health care providers should know how to screen for it and intervene effectively, the authors write. ?Ultimately, (reproductive coercion) is about power and control - the perpetrators get off on that feeling of having complete power over their partners, even to the point of controlling a bodily function exclusive to women: pregnancy,? said lead author Dr. Jeanna Park of the University of Illinois in Chicago.</p><br clear="all"/>

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