Birth control sabotage refers to efforts to manipulate another person's use of birth control or to undermine efforts to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Examples include replacing birth control pills with fakes, puncturing condoms and diaphragms, or using threats and violence to prevent an individual's attempted use of birth control. A related concept, contraceptive fraud, is intentional misrepresentation regarding the use of or need for birth control. Both of these are forms of reproductive coercion.
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