She expressed that she did not want to become pregnant, and when she did, he confessed to the birth control sabotage.

A study conducted by the Center for Impact Research on young mothers classified birth control sabotage into two categories: verbal and behavioral.

This may also include birth control sabotage - manipulation of someone's use of birth control to undermine efforts to prevent pregnancy.

Birth control sabotage refers to efforts to manipulate another person's use of birth control or to undermine efforts to prevent an unwanted pregnancy.

The three forms of reproductive coercion are pregnancy pressure, birth control sabotage, and pregnancy coercion; they can exist independently or occur simultaneously.

A separate study found that 66% of teen mothers on public assistance who had recently experienced intimate partner violence disclosed birth control sabotage by a dating partner.

Studies on the birth control sabotage performed by males against female partners have indicated a strong correlation between domestic violence and birth control sabotage.

Preintercourse may involve pregnancy pressure, during intercourse may involve birth control sabotage, and postintercourse may involve pregnancy coercion.

Reproductive coercion can take the form of birth control sabotage, either as verbal sabotage or behavioral sabotage, and acts as an active interference with contraceptive methods.

Birth control sabotage is frequently associated with physical or sexual violence, and is a contributor to high pregnancy rates-especially teenage pregnancy rates-among abused, disadvantaged women and teenagers.

Pregnancy itself can be used a form of coercion and the phenomenon of preventing an intimate partner's reproductive choice is referred to as birth control sabotage, or reproductive coercion.

In a study conducted at family planning clinics in Northern California, 1,278 16- to 29-year-old women reported 19.1% of the participants had experienced pregnancy pressure and 15% had experienced birth control sabotage.

A Washington State study found 70% of teenage mothers had been beaten by their boyfriends, 51% had experienced attempts of birth control sabotage within the last year, and 21% experienced school or work sabotage.

The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey defines intimate partner violence by measuring five types of domestic violence, including control of reproductive health, citing pregnancy pressure and birth control sabotage specifically.