The article explains that traditional domestic abuse laws focus on visible violence, missing coercive control—psychological and financial abuse that leaves no scars but is equally harmful. New York ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTW) — An Horry County lawmaker has introduced a coercive control bill in the South Carolina Senate nearly one ...

“I had sex with him last night because I was scared not to.” Those were the words of a woman shaking at the other end of a Zoom call with me. As a divorce coach, I’ve heard this many times before — ...

It’s often a long-term campaign of control and domination. Indiana’s current protection-order laws focus largely on physical harm, fear of injury, or threats. But when courts don’t recognize coercive ...

Spousal Drugging and Chemical Control: Domestic Violence, Marital Tort, or Both? Whether it’s spiking food or drinks, withholding essential medication, or administering substances to incapacitate and ...

This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate ...

A survivor-advocate and senior corporate leader is using her mini-memoir on coercive control to challenge assumptions about ...