When Partner Abuse Leads to Pregnancy
Men Who Abuse Their Partners Often Sabotage Birth Control, New Research Suggests
In some abusive relationships, men may use strategies to force women to become pregnant, including sabotaging their birth control, researchers say.
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Nearly 20 percent of women at family clinics across northern California reported that their partner tried to coerce them into having a child, sometimes using methods such as poking holes in condoms or flushing birth control pills down the toilet, Dr. Elizabeth Miller of the University of California Davis and colleagues reported online in the journal Contraception.
"It was stunning to have this many women seeking reproductive health services saying, 'this has happened to me,'" lead study author Miller said. She added that the reasons men would want their partners to bear children vary "from things like wanting to leave a legacy, to a straightforward desire for attachment, to having absolute control over her body... There are all of these elements to it."
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