This episode is from April 2015. Reproductive Coercion affects millions of women yet it is something we do not often hear about. In this interview, we talk with Catherine Kurr from Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance (www.sprucerun.net) to gain a better understanding of this type of control. Included in this episode are clips from the reader's theater performance, My Body, My Voice.

In our "Ask Mabel" segment, Terry Marley-ReRosier, WHCNP offers information on birth control options for women experiencing reproductive coercion.

Abbie interviews Brianna Bryant from Rape Response Services (www.rrsonline.org) about consent. They discuss how to teach consent starting with young children, how gender stereotypes impact relationships, and the way pop culture influences our understanding of consent.

Herpes is a very common sexually transmitted infection, at the end of the episode Terry Marley-DeRosier, WHNP offers advice on how to talk about it with a new partner in our "Ask Mabel" segment.