\u00a01 in 4 women will face violence<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>from an intimate partner at some point in their lives. Is it mere coincidence, then, that 1 in 4\u00a0pregnancies also ends in abortion? Both numbers are statistics that simply should not exist. NO woman should face violence from an intimate partner. NO pregnancy needs to end in elective abortion. In both cases, there are better answers. <\/span><\/p>\nThe problem is, the answers aren’t easy; \u00a0turning a blind eye to intimate partner violence as a personal matter that’s “none of our business” is easy.\u00a0<\/span>Rather than helping women, abortion allows abusers to carry on without consequences, in this relationship or the next. Women are left feeling that killing their own children is the best way to survive, both in their personal lives and\u00a0in broader society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIntimate partner violence is a very real problem in Canada, but abortion is not a solution.\u00a0Abortion is always a bandage on a wound that requires major surgery. Pregnant women should be screened for intimate partner violence as part of standard prenatal routine, and steps should be in place to support her in such a way that \u201crelationship troubles\u201d, and the fear that accompanies that, are never the reasons she needs to give for choosing abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pregnancy is a unique time of vulnerability in a woman\u2019s life. An increasing number of studies show that we need to be doing more as a society to protect pregnant women. According to a study done by K. DeVries and colleagues, intimate partner violence is as common during pregnancy as risk factors such as gestational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3014,"featured_media":862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[281,322],"tags":[79,204,239,240],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2167,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions\/2167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}