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Pregnancy-Associated Violent Deaths

The Role of Intimate Partner Violence

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rebecca J. Macy

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kristen Sullivan

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Melissa L. Magee

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This literature review examines intimate partner violence in relation to pregnancy-associated femicide and suicide. Empirical publications were eligible for review if they included information on intimate partner violence and examined females who were pregnant/postpartum and who were victims of femicide/attempted femicide and/or suicide/attempted suicide. Nine publications met the inclusion criteria and were reviewed. Results suggest that intimate partners perpetrate one- to two-thirds of the pregnancy-associated femicides in the United States and that pregnant women make up 5% of urban intimate partner femicides. Intimate partner abuse during pregnancy appears to be a risk factor for severe intimate partner violence, including attempted/completed femicide. So little information exists concerning intimate partner violence in pregnancy-associated suicides that it is impossible to draw conclusions regarding this topic; however, a hospital-based study suggests that intimate partner violence may be a risk factor for attempting suicide while pregnant. More research is needed concerning intimate partner pregnancy-associated femicide and suicide so that evidenced-based preventive/therapeutic interventions may be developed.

Key Words: domestic violence • femicide • homicide • intimate partner violence • postpartum • pregnancy • suicide • women

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Vol. 8, No. 2, 135-148 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1524838007301223


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