What is CTS2

Domestic abuse towards women is a prevalent social and societal problem throughout the world. The World Health Organization states that one in three women will experience some form of domestic abuse in their lifetime. A prominently neglected form of domestic abuse is domestic abuse against pregnant women. This chapter will explore the prevalence of domestic abuse in pregnant women along with the effects it has on both the mother and the developing baby. This paper will also include tools used to measure the severity of abuse used in clinical and research fields. Lastly, this paper will inspire ideas for future direction on how domestic abuse in pregnancy can be more quickly detected, and, overall, prevented.