Witnessing abuse carries the same risk of harm to children's mental health and learning as if the children had been abused directly, new research shows.
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Latrelle Huff says her twins were conceived by rape.
Now she blames domestic violence for her children's health problems.
The Georgia woman says she had been in an abusive, on-and-off relationship for six years when she became pregnant. While pregnant, she says, the conflict continued. Huff spent 25 of 37 weeks on bed rest, she says, due in part to rectal bleeding her doctors said was caused by stress.
[For more on this story by Mabinty Quarshie and Jayne O'Donnell, go to https://www.centerforhealthjou...ow-being-understood?]
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