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Controlling My Birth Control

From sabotaging contraceptives to forcing someone to have an abortion, reproductive coercion is used to gain power and control – but is enough being done to spot the signs?

Reproductive coercion: a form of abuse you've probably never heard of.

From deliberately sabotaging contraceptives to forcing someone to have an abortion, it is used to gain power and control - and can have devastating consequences.

But with links to domestic violence and even homicide, is enough being done to spot the signs?

Rachel Stonehouse investigates.

Producer: Alys Harte
Editor: Maggie Latham

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