The article explains that traditional domestic abuse laws focus on visible violence, missing coercive control—psychological ...
Celebrating Bill H.4744's passage, which classifies coercive control and digital exploitation as domestic violence, enhancing survivor protections statewide ...
WORCESTER — It can start with a critical comment about someone’s attire or their choice of friends, intense questions about work or social plans, behaviors that may be appear innocent but can escalate ...
When Colleen DeLeo of Worcester learned Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill that defined coercive control as a form of domestic abuse, she said she broke down in tears. DeLeo, 41, told MassLive she is a ...
Massachusetts has finally banned revenge pornography. Gov. Maura Healey signed the bill into law Thursday, saying it would crack down on a method of coercive control used by domestic abusers. The new ...
On Wednesday, End Violence Oklahoma, a coalition of domestic violence agencies across the state, gathered at the Oklahoma ...
Mica Miller could have been helped by "coercive control" legislation stalled in the South Carolina legislature, says the attorney for her grieving family. Miller killed herself after being abused by ...
MYRTLE BEACH — Nearly a year after Mica Miller's death, a state senator has introduced a bill that aims to criminalize coercive control, a type of systematic abuse that Mica's supporters have long ...
The ACT is set to criminalise coercive control by the middle of 2026, making it a standalone offence. Warning: This story references domestic and family violence and coercive control. Family Violence ...