Pregnancy Coercion, Intimate Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy study released
The Family Violence Prevention Fund just released a study with researchers from Harvard and UC Davis School of Medicine entitled, Pregnancy Coercion, Intimate Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy. This is the first quantitative study of the relationship between intimate partner violence, reproductive coercion, and unintended pregnancy.
Here are the top findings from the research with 1,300 women at family planning clinics in Northern California, between the ages of 16-29:
- Approximately one in five young women said they experienced pregnancy coercion (when the male partner pressures her, through verbal threats, physical aggression, or birth-control sabotage, to be become pregnant)
- Fifteen percent said they experienced actual birth control sabotage;
- Fifty-three percent of respondents said they had experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner; and
- Thirty-five percent of the women who reported partner violence also reported either pregnancy coercion or birth control sabotage.
We have long known that young women who are abused by their partners experience much higher rates of unplanned pregnancy and STI's including HIV/AIDS. Yet, even the researchers were surprised by how many partners were very intentionally trying to get her pregnant even beyond being sexually abusive and controlling. Also, that more than half these teens and young women had experienced IPV further bolsters the need to do more around intervening with teens and youth.
The study received wide pickup in the press including Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, ABC News, U.S. News & World Report, and BusinessWeek (articles below).
- http://www.newsweek.com/id/232542
- http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2010/01/unintended-pregnancy-teens-violence.html
- http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/domestic-abuse-abusive-men-sabotage-birth-control/story?id=9639340
The Family Violence Prevention Fund has more information about the study available here: http://www.endabuse.org/content/features/detail/1439/.
Mi nombre es Ada M. Álvarez Conde, tengo 25 años y resido en San Juan, PR. A los 16 años comencé a interesarme por el tema de la violencia en el noviazgo y las maneras para combatirla. Trabajé de voluntaria en el periódico estudiantil TINELLER; e hize un reportaje sobre lo mismo. Ese mismo año, basándome en experiencias personales e investigaciones comenzé a desarrollar mi pasión, la escritura en este tema. Se creó la novela: Lo que no dije. Viajo cuando es necesario para dar charlas a países que me invitan. Luego de trabajar por dos años la publiqué a los 19 convirtiéndome en la novelista más joven de Puerto Rico. Por medio de la internet, de crear conciencia sobre este problema, especialmente en sus inicios para evitar los accidentes. Actualmente estudio mi doctorado y espero que este site sirva para ayudar a crear un mundo de paz.
Este libro es un sueño para mí. Como escritora desde joven he ganado varios premios, pero entiendo que ninguno me complementa más que este porque es una obra inspirada en un problema social y así puedo ayudar a mi país; con este site al mundo. Quiero ayudar a las mujeres que están en el problema y darles herramientas a los que están alrededor de ellas para que las ayuden. Este es mi granito de arena. Ayúdame a demostrar que una persona puede cambiar el mundo. Dicen que el que calla otorga y espero profundamente que apoye mi novela y este site, para que muchos lean LO QUE NO DIJE y salgan de la soledad, del maltrato y sobretodo del silencio. Visita la fundacion www.altoalsilencio.org para mas informacion
gracias!
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