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We study the impact of women's political representation on the
wellbeing of their female constituents, specifically in the domain of
health. Increasing women's political representation leads to greater
public provision of reproductive healthcare services in rural areas.
Consequently, rural women can exercise greater control over their
reproductive choices through the adoption of modern contraception
and increased birth spacing. However, these positive impacts are
accompanied by an increase in intimate partner violence against
women. The increase in spousal abuse is particularly pronounced
among women whose husbands prefer to have additional sons, suggesting that the wife's greater contraceptive use triggers marital conflict.
