Abortion counseling: attention to the whole woman
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Vol. 30 (Supplement) , 169-174
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7292(89)90116-1
Abstract
Women's experience of pregnancy and abortion are examined and redefined. Abortion may be undertaken for a variety of reasons, and involves not only physical and emotional health, but also a woman's basic identity. Under restrictive norms and laws set by men, women's decision to abort is a subversive act. Recommendations are made for comprehensive services, including psychosocial counseling to help women cope with social pressures and experience abortion as an act of self-affirmation.Keywords
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