Methods A three-step search strategy was used to identify published and unpublished
studies from 1973 to June 2016. The comprehensive literature search identified nine studies …

This study was conducted to increase knowledge about the psychosocial background and
current living conditions of Swedish women seeking abortion, along with their motives for …

The aim of the study was to elucidate ambivalence in relation to legal abortion by studying
emotions, attitudes, motives for abortion and ethical reasoning in a-strategic sample of …

Background Following an unintended pregnancy, not every woman would invariably choose
to undergo an unsafe abortion. It suggests that in the decision making process, women face …

This study comprises 75 men who have been involved in legal abortion. The men answered
a questionnaire concerning living conditions and attitudes about pregnancy and abortion …

OBJECTIVE: to describe women's experiences of an abortion in the second trimester.
DESIGN: qualitative design using semi-structured interviews. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: six …

Background. Our purpose was to characterize women expressing ambivalence when
applying for abortion. Material and methods. Data were collected, by self-administered …

The debate on abortion has tended to avoid the psychological significance of an unwanted
pregnancy, dominated istead by the strong emotions the subject excites. Eva Pattis Zoja …

This study analyzes the involvement of men in abortion in Vietnam, where induced abortion
is legal and abortion rates are among the highest in the world. Twenty men were interviewed …

Despite the increasing use ofreproductive technologies the world over, anthropological
studies have paid remarkablylimited attention to the ethical dilemmasinvolved in people's …