The Guardian
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‘Labels protect us’: Olivia Nervo wants reproductive coercion to be a standalone offence – she is not alone

‘Labels protect us’: Olivia Nervo wants reproductive coercion to be a standalone offence – she is not alone

Grammy-winning songwriter says she was deceived into pregnancy, and that cases like hers fall between the cracksWhen the Grammy award winning songwriter, Olivia Nervo, agreed to start a family with her partner she believed she was in “a monogamous, committed relationship leading to a future”, and had never heard of reproductive coercion.Her world came crashing down when she was six months pregnant and she found out that her partner was in a relationship with another woman who was also pregnant, and with whom he already had a child.

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