Recent reproductive coercion and unintended pregnancy among female family planning clients

Abstract

"Reproductive coercion, birth control sabotage and coercion by male partners to become pregnant and to control the outcome of a pregnancy, has been associated with a history of both intimate partner physical and sexual violence and unintended pregnancy among females utilizing reproductive health services. The temporal nature of associations of reproductive coerciion and unintended pregnancy (distinct from the impact of intimate partner violence, however, has remained less clear."<br/ >Public access