1.   Finally, the violence reached the point where she left and stayed in a refuge for battered women.

2.   For many battered women the unpredictable treachery of a deadly serpent is an apt characterization of the abusive actions of their husbands.

3.   If the church is to be truly pro-life, how can it help but champion the cause of battered women?

4.   It is a myth that battered women deserve or want to be beaten.

5.   Moreover, battered women often wind up dropping the charges as reconciliation with the abuser.

6.   Such crazy-making circumstances are not unlike the humiliating world in which the battered woman lives.

7.   The center is a sanctuary for battered women.

8.   The church has already erred on this side in the counsel it has given battered women.

9.   The groups most adamant about denying help to battered women were the conservative fundamentalists and some orders of Catholicism.

10.   ...a refuge for battered women.