What is sexual health violence?

Sexual health violence is when someone does not let you make your own choices about:

• having sex
• having a baby.

This is also called reproductive violence.

Sexual health violence can be when someone:

• takes away your contraception – the products that help you have safer sex, like condoms
• makes you have sex without contraception
• makes you have a baby
• makes you have an abortion – a small surgery that takes the embryo or foetus out of your uterus.An embryo or foetus are the very early stages of a baby.
• makes you have surgery to stop you from being able to have a baby.
• makes you take medication to stop your period

This is called sterilisation.

This is never OK.

Download the 1800RESPECT Easy English Book 1: Learn About Violence to learn more about sexual health violence.

You can also learn more on the Sunny App.

Download the Sunny app from the 1800RESPECT website.

If you are experiencing any type of violence, you can contact 1800RESPECT for support:

• Call 1800 737 732
• Go to the 1800RESPECT website
• Talk to someone online on the 1800RESPECT website.

If you are in danger now, call 000 straight away.