Abusive partners can sabotage birth control

Abusive partners can sabotage birth control

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When a husband hides a wife's birth control pills or a boyfriend takes off a condom in the middle of sex in hopes of getting an unwilling girlfriend pregnant, that's a form of abuse called reproductive coercion. While researchers don't know exactly how …
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Foster care sex trafficking: Pimps, labor contractors targeting youth in …

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And sure, they shower 'em with gifts and drugs and parties and limousines…and then the next thing you know, they ask 'em to take the next step, and then they're caught." "It's not love … "And guess who gets the most calls to the national hotline on …
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Getting homeless people in from the cold

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The number of calls to a hotline from concerned citizens and police who spot homeless people has gone up 20 percent. The vast majority of the city's nearly 3,000 homeless … Another son is into drugs and alcohol. Somebody has to be the voice of those …
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