If you believe you’re being abused, or you’re worried that what’s happening in your relationship might be abuse, in England and Wales, you have real legal options, more than most people realise.
Domestic abuse and health control often go hand in hand. It can mean what medication you’re allowed to take, whether you can get to an appointment, whether you’re even using contraception at all. It has a name, reproductive coercion, and it’s recognised under UK law.
Money is not the only reason you stay. But it is one of the most consistent. 95% of domestic abuse survivors have experienced at least one form of economic abuse, from being denied access to a bank account to having to call for permission at the checkout.