This paper deals with the issue of obstetric violence against pregnant women. Apart from the personal level, violence against pregnant women is part of a larger social problem and an important sociological problem, so it is explained and based on several sociological concepts and theories: the theory of gender-based violence, institutional violence, structural violence and the concept of reproductive self-determination. The main objectives of this paper are to identify and analyze the types and forms of obstetric and gynecological violence faced by pregnant women and mothers in Croatian maternity hospitals, the consequences with which they later continue to live and the forms of their reactions in case of gynecological violence. For the purposes of the paper, the research was conducted using a quantitative methodology: the survey method. The sample consists of 1401 respondents with an average age of 40.5 years from the entire Republic of Croatia who gave birth in Croatian hospitals from 2015 until today. The purpose is to deepen the knowledge of this problem, which is still to some extent unknown to the public and is not talked about as much as it should be. Interpretation of the obtained research results, it was concluded that women experience all types of obstetric violence: verbal violence, physical violence and other coercive practices such as failure to inform about procedures, deprivation of co-decision and the ability to make decisions. These behaviors affect their experience of childbirth. Because od that, pregnant women face some negative consequences such as fear of the next pregnancy or the decision not to give birth, but also negative health consequences. At the end of the paper were proposed potential measures and possibilities that would lead to the improvement of quality and dignity within maternity care.