"Reproductive coercion involves elements of ownership, control, and violence. This kind of abuse can take many forms, like poking holes in condoms, or pressuring a partner to become pregnant using threats of violence or other kinds of abuse. It can occur at any time in a relationship, and is sometimes classified as being “pre-intercourse,” “during intercourse” and “post-intercourse" depending on where in a sexual interaction it falls. Reproductive coercion includes:
Pressuring a partner to get pregnant and/or create a pregnancy.
Threatening or manipulating someone about contraception, like one partner telling another that they will leave them if they have to wear a condom, or if they use birth control.
Trying to exert control over birth control methods like hiding or throwing away a partner’s birth control pills, condoms or emergency contraception; forcibly removing a partner’s intrauterine device, or pulling off contraceptive patches.
Controlling -- like stealing -- a partner’s finances so they cannot pay for birth control methods or abortion.
Birth control sabotage – like poking holes in a condom, refusing to pull out when that’s what has been agreed upon, or ejaculating inside a partner without consent.
Coercion during intercourse can also involve removing condoms during intercourse without a partner’s consent, a behavior recently called “stealthing" by some of those who engage in this abuse in an attempt to normalize it, and make it seem like something that isn't abusive (it is). A new study argues that “stealthing” is an act of gender-based violence that should be punishable by law, as it puts the individual at a potential and unagreed upon risk for STIs and/or pregnancy. The same study found that "stealthing" is alarmingly common.
Pushing for unprotected intercourse (or intercourse, period) when the other person made clear before or during sexual activity that is not something they want to do.
Pregnancy pressure, or pregnancy coercion: Pregnancy outcome occurs after someone becomes pregnant, and their partner, usually through emotional manipulation and abuse, coerces them to remain pregnant or terminate a pregnancy, for example threatening to leave or hurt themselves, the partner or others if they choose abortion.
Raping a partner with the intent to impregnate them is also a documented form of pregnancy coercion.
Pregnancy outcome control involves someone coercing their partner to make a decision about an already existing pregnancy against their will."
From Reproductive Coercion: An intimate partner violence you might be overlooking by Caroline Reilly
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