22.7 Percent of Pregnant Women Suffer Intimate Partner Violence (IMAGE)

Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology

22.7 Percent of Pregnant Women Suffer Intimate Partner Violence

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A new study analyses the violent behaviors exhibited towards pregnant women. While 21 percent of women suffer emotional violence during pregnancy, 3.6 percent encounter physical or sexual violence. Furthermore, 36.1 percent of those who reported physical violence claimed that it happened "very often" or "daily."

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