性暴力としてのパートナーの「リプロダクティヴ・コントロール」によって生殖に関する決定権を奪われている女性たちがいることがGuttmacher Instituteの研究で明らかにされました。簡単な紹介文は次のとおり。
Partners’ control of women's reproductive options may lead to abortions, unwanted births
Male reproductive control―which takes place when a woman’s partner imposes his reproductive intentions on her through intimidation, threats or actual violence―occurs among women who have experienced intimate partner violence. Women encounter a range of controlling behaviors, including forced intercourse, partners threatening women with pregnancy, preventing them from obtaining or using contraception, birth control sabotage and coercion to resolve the pregnancy in the way their partners wanted…more
