The figure is based on a survey of about 1,000 women in the United Kingdom. The women did not confirm whether they got an abortion and weren’t asked to specify the source of the coercion. The U.K.

While sexual assault can take on many different forms, the one thing that remains the same is that assault is never a survivor's fault — including instances in which assault occurs in a relationship.

Dr. Carole Joffe, a scholar of reproductive health, teaches reproductive coercion. She said she used to tell her students about China's one-child policy as an example. But now she almost always uses ...

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was created with the understanding that survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV)—especially immigrants—may suffer psychological and emotional harm long before ...

Catholics since Pope Leo XIII and his 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum have recognized that the post-industrial economy left the working class prone to unjust exploitation. “Some opportune remedy must be ...

On Monday, November 30, 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published a long-anticipated rule regarding Prohibiting Coercion of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers (the “Driver ...

In 2019, the possibility of the government gaining control over women’s reproductive health often feels too close for comfort. But as people across the United States fight to maintain the right to ...

As an addiction psychiatrist, I’m often faced with this situation: A desperate person reaches out to ask how they can force their family member into drug or alcohol treatment. A sister has had ...