Violence Against Pregnant Women in the Yahoo! Directory

Violence Against Women (PDF)
Researched letter lamenting the lack of statistics on the number of pregnant women who are victims of violence, including violence that results in homicide.
www.gao.gov/new.items/d02530.pdf
Murder: The Leading Cause of Death for Pregnant Women
Article examines the disturbing phenomenon of violence, particularly homicide, against pregnant women by their intimate partners.
www.now.org/issues/violence/043003pregnant.html
Motherhood Cut Short: When Pregnancy Ends in Murder
Article from Court TV explores the murders of pregnant women by their husbands, including Laci Peterson and Lori Hacking cases.
www.courttv.com/trials/peterson/090304_pregnantmurder_ctv.html
More Research Is Needed on Violence and Reproduction
Article reveals how common violence against women is and makes recommendations for studying the phenomenon, so it can be better prevented.
www.apa.org/monitor/sep99/pi1.html
Examining Homicide's Contribution to Pregnancy-Associated Deaths (PDF)
Examines maternal mortality and the coining of the term "pregnancy-associated death," which includes the death of any woman from any cause, while she is pregnant or within one year of the pregnancy's end.
www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/res/eres/Lori/NU679/FryeVictoria.pdf
Study: Pregnant Women More Likely to Experience Violence
Discusses the findings from the European Journal of Public Health that violence against pregnant women in developing countries is a growing public health concern.
www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=7878