Forced pregnancy

Forced pregnancy is the practice of forcing a woman or girl to become pregnant or remain pregnant against her will. This act is often as part of a forced marriage, as part of a programme of breeding slaves, or as part of a programme of genocide.[1] Forced pregnancy is a form of reproductive coercion.[2]

  1. ^ "Forced pregnancy: a commentary on the crime in international criminal law" (PDF). Amnesty International. 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. ^ "Forced pregnancy" means the unlawful confinement of a woman forcibly made pregnant, with the intent of affecting the ethnic composition of any population or carrying out other grave violations of international law. This definition shall not in any way be interpreted as affecting national laws relating to pregnancy; Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 17 July 1998

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