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title: An Overview of Reproductive Coercion as Intimate Partner Violence
date: 2019-08-05T03:00:00-04:00
author: OBOS Admin
canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/an-overview-of-reproductive-coercion-as-intimate-partner-violence"
section: Resources
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# An Overview of Reproductive Coercion as Intimate Partner Violence

Reproductive coercion–when someone attempts to “exert control and power over their partner’s reproductive health choices”–is a type of intimate partner violence that is often overlooked. This article focuses on the experiences of teenagers, identifying different forms of reproductive coercion and their role in intimate partner violence.

> Reproductive coercion involves elements of ownership, control, and violence. This kind of abuse can take many forms, like poking holes in condoms, or pressuring a partner to become pregnant using threats of violence or other kinds of abuse. It can occur at any time in a relationship, and is sometimes classified as being ‘pre-intercourse,’ ‘during intercourse’ and ‘post-intercourse’ depending on where in a sexual interaction it falls.

[Read the full article ](https://www.scarleteen.com/article/abuse_assault_disability_pregnancy_parenting_relationships_sexual_health/reproductive)

SOURCE: Scarleteen • AUTHOR: Caroline Reilly • LAST UPDATED: December 16, 2023

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![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)Topics

- [ gender-based violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/subject-area/gender-based-violence)
- [ sexual violence & trauma](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/sexual-violence-trauma)
- [ intimate partner violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/intimate-partner-violence)
- [boundaries](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/boundaries)
- [coercion and control](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/coercion-and-control)
- [reproductive coercion](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/reproductive-coercion)
- [recognizing abuse](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/recognizing-abuse)
- [intimate partner violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/intimate-partner-violence)

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## Changing the Way We Talk about Gender-Based Violence

An academic researcher explains the real-world impact of how researchers and the media choose to talk about gender-based violence and offers recommendations

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An academic researcher explains the real-world impact of how researchers and the media choose to talk about gender-based violence and offers recommendations](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/changing-the-way-we-talk-about-gender-based-violence)

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## Coerced Sterilization in Immigrant Detention

This article focuses on the history of coerced sterilization, up through the abuse of migrants in detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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This article focuses on the history of coerced sterilization, up through the abuse of migrants in detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/coerced-sterilization-in-immigrant-detention)

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## Safety Planning Toolkit

Safety planning is the process of developing a plan that can increase the safety of a person surviving violence and abuse. This 52-page toolkit from Survived and Punished discusses safety planning as informed by abolitionist perspectives.

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Safety planning is the process of developing a plan that can increase the safety of a person surviving violence and abuse. This 52-page toolkit from Survived and Punished discusses safety planning as informed by abolitionist perspectives.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/safety-planning-toolkit)