Many teen girls pressured to get pregnant

One in eight sexually active teen girls are pressured by their partners to have unprotected sex and attempt to conceive when they don’t want a baby. Reproductive coercion is a form of relationship abuse which can involve hiding birth control pills, poking holes in condoms, physically hurting girls who refuse to have unprotected sex, or threatening to break up with them if they don’t want a baby. Data collected from 550 sexually active girls shows 12% experienced reproductive coercion, and 17% experienced physical abuse. click here.