In our opinion, because of the concerns with the criminalization of coercive control, there are priority interventions that need to come before. That would be ending women's financial dependence, making it safe for women to leave, reforming family law and removing those accusations of parental alienation, because now we're telling women that they need to report the coercive control, but then, if they do, they might lose their kids.
First we need to address these priority issues and make women safe. Otherwise, we fear that it won't help as many women as it could, and it could even backfire in some cases. That's why we're focusing on some priority issues, because if the system is ill equipped to deal with this new crime, and if charges are dropped or abusers are found not guilty, then women have to pay and are punished for this disclosure. That will be a real problem that could make the situation either not better or even worse for some victims.