Comments on: Reproductive Coercion and Physical Violence http://10000besides.com/mindfreak/1987/reproductive-coercion-and-physical-violence/ Passion to Live For Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Admin http://10000besides.com/mindfreak/1987/reproductive-coercion-and-physical-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Admin Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:03:44 +0000 http://10000besides.com/mindfreak/?p=1987#comment-156 A later commentary in <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/232542" rel="nofollow">Newsweek</a> made the folowing observations: "According to Newsweek, the study is "particularly relevant" given new data on teen pregnancy released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute. The Guttmacher research showed that the teen pregnancy rate increased from 2005 to 2006, the first increase since 1990. Newsweek reports that reproductive coercion could be an "overlooked factor" in the U.S. teen pregnancy rate. Leslie Walker, chief of adolescent medicine at Seattle Children's Hospital, who is not affiliated with either study, said, "I think (reproductive coercion) is underreported and not thought about as often as it should be," adding, "Just like violence, it's a power thing." Miller said she is hesitant to categorize reproductive coercion as a form of partner violence because doing so would require providers to report such incidents to authorities under many states' laws. She added that clinicians should focus on either offering birth control that could be hidden from a partner -- such as Depo-Provera shots -- and building a relationship with the patient to help her consider ending the relationship. If a patient reports that she does not wish to become pregnant, "[i]t really behooves clinicians to offer her methods where she can control the outcome, whether her partner agrees or not," Miller said (Kliff, Newsweek, 1/26)". A later commentary in Newsweek made the folowing observations:
“According to Newsweek, the study is “particularly relevant” given new data on teen pregnancy released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute. The Guttmacher research showed that the teen pregnancy rate increased from 2005 to 2006, the first increase since 1990. Newsweek reports that reproductive coercion could be an “overlooked factor” in the U.S. teen pregnancy rate. Leslie Walker, chief of adolescent medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital, who is not affiliated with either study, said, “I think (reproductive coercion) is underreported and not thought about as often as it should be,” adding, “Just like violence, it’s a power thing.”

Miller said she is hesitant to categorize reproductive coercion as a form of partner violence because doing so would require providers to report such incidents to authorities under many states’ laws. She added that clinicians should focus on either offering birth control that could be hidden from a partner — such as Depo-Provera shots — and building a relationship with the patient to help her consider ending the relationship. If a patient reports that she does not wish to become pregnant, “[i]t really behooves clinicians to offer her methods where she can control the outcome, whether her partner agrees or not,” Miller said (Kliff, Newsweek, 1/26)”.

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