The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Abortion
L'unité mixte Santé sexuelle et reproductive, l'unité Fécondité,
famille, sexualité et l'unité Démographie, genre et sociétés vous
proposent d'assister à la conférence d'Ann Moore, Senior Research
Associate à l'Institut Alan Guttmacher de New-York.
La présentation sera en anglais
The role of domestic violence as it impacts reproductive health
outcomes, including abortion, has been understudied. To examine
this topic further, I will be drawing on two data sets. The first
data set is a qualitative data set gathered in the United States in
2007 with 75 women who had experienced intimate partner violence
and who were accessing reproductive health services. The second
data set is a quantitative and qualitative data set gathered in
2008-2009 in the United States with approximately 10,000 women
obtaining abortions as well as 49 in-depth interviews with the same
population. The first data set provides insight into how abusive
partners can influence the reproductive health of women, using
unwanted pregnancy as a method of control. In these situations,
sometimes women are prevented from having an abortion when they
want one and at other times they are coerced into having an
abortion when they want to carry the pregnancy to term. The second
data set will provide nationally representative numbers of women
having abortions who have experienced intimate partner violence
(physical and sexual) and will look at disclosure of the abortion
and perceived partner support of the abortion according to whether
this partner has perpetrated intimate partner violence.