Abortion applicants: characteristics distinguishing dropouts remaining pregnant and those having abortion.
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 67 (2) , 142-146
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.67.2.142
Abstract
This study, of two groups of women who applied for induced hospital abortion, compares 100 women who had the abortion with 100 women who dropped out to carry to term. Dropout applicants who elected to carry to term had less education, had partners with less education, tended to be indecisive, and when they told their partners tended to receive negative responses toward abortion. In addition, these women expressed greater concern about the procedure and about the moral implications of abortion. Implications of this study for further research on women's and their partners' decision-making about abortion using the Janis-Mann model are discussed.Keywords
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