Male Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence and Involvement in Abortions and Abortion-related Conflict

Overview

Journal Am J Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 2010 Jun 19

PMID 20558805

Citations 27

Authors

Jay G Silverman

Michele R Decker

Heather L McCauley

Jhumka Gupta

Elizabeth Miller

Anita Raj

Alisa B Goldberg

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Abstract

Men aged 18 to 35 years (n = 1318) completed assessments of perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV), abortion involvement, and conflict regarding decisions to seek abortion. IPV was associated with greater involvement by men in pregnancies ending in abortion and greater conflict regarding decisions to seek abortion. IPV should be considered within family planning and abortion services; policies requiring women to notify or obtain consent of partners before seeking an abortion should be reconsidered; they may facilitate endangerment and coercion regarding such decisions.

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