Reproductive coercion a form of domestic abuse?

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Tricked into pregnancy?
On Radio 4 - 9 June 2026 20:00

She says she entered the relationship under false pretences and wouldn't have consented to sex had she known the truth about his other relationship. What happened to her reveals an intense debate about consent, the law and a lesser-known form of domestic abuse called reproductive coercion.

Online https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xdlv

So basically if your partner misrepresents himself in some serious way & you go to have children with him its reproductive coercion? Where do we all sign up?

I'm not sure that law was intended to cover Liv Nervo's situation but hope that POS gets what's coming.

Every woman who chooses to have a baby should do so in the full knowledge that she may end up a single parent, and be prepared for that.
(Not least because her partner could die so she is widowed.)

Every woman who chooses to have a baby should do so in the full knowledge that the father might be a liar / cheat / thief / [insert words here] - because people lie. No-one is perfect and no relationship is perfect. Her decision to have a baby should not depend on him being what she believes him to be.

(To add for completeness: Every woman who chooses to have a baby should do so in the full knowledge that the baby might be severely disabled.)

To my mind, the words 'reproductive coercion' mean things like swapping her pills for duds, or making pin-holes in condoms.
Not just being an ordinary, run-of-the-mill, lying, cheating human being.

I assumed, but wasn't sure which is why I started the thread, that it was a similar concept to sex by deception.

ie being led to believe, are convinced by a man that he truely wants to start a family with you.

ie that the man never intended this, as opposed to a man thinking, or thinking this is what he wants, but then realised later on it isn't. Or doesn't want the changes on his life style, responsibilities of being a father.

Admit I didn't head details of the court case, so maybe I misunderstood.