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Here’s a report about an interesting study related to physical abuse and health costs. Women experiencing physical abuse from intimate partners spent 42 percent more on health care per year than non-abused women, according to a long-term study of more than 3,000 women. And the costs don’t end when the abuse does. The study revealed [...]
From RH Reality Check, Kiersten Stewart, talks about abuse and its impact on young women’s reproductive health: Relationship abuse has many serious consequences and one of them can be harm to a woman’s reproductive health. Studies show that relationship or dating abuse can have reproductive health consequences, including unplanned pregnancy and exposure to sexually transmitted [...]
The Avon Foundation for Women announced they will be giving money to help fight violence against women worldwide. Washington, DC (March 3, 2009) /PRNewswire/ — One in three women worldwide experience violence in their lifetime, and in the U.S., a woman is assaulted every nine seconds. Around the world, services for victims are often vastly [...]
