Stigmatization is a deeply contextual, dynamic social process; stigma from abortion is the
discrediting of individuals as a result of their association with abortion. Abortion stigma is …

▪ Abstract Abortion is an extremely safe and common medical procedure. In the United
States, over one million women had an abortion in the year 2000. Advances in early …

CONTEXT: Induced abortion is one of the most common procedures performed among
women in the United States. However, 87% of all counties had no abortion provider in 2000 …

Objective: Existing abortion stigma research has rarely isolated the reason for termination;
thus, the consequences of termination for medical reasons (TFMR) are poorly understood …

Comparative-historical research on medicalization is rare and, perhaps for that reason,
largely ignores political institutions, which tend to vary more across countries than within …

Objective: The present study explores the content of abortion provider stigma. Background:
Abortion stigma extends beyond women who have abortions to abortion providers. Previous …

222 Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health a strong welfare state and weak civil
society, frames about fetal life dominate. 35 Similarly, Halfmann has argued that varying …

Provision of safe, voluntary, termination of pregnancy (TOP) in South Africa is challenged by
an insufficient number of TOP-trained clinicians. Medical students' understanding of TOP …

Abortion access is at a crisis point in the United States, and achieving equitable reproductive
futures requires examining our past. At the time of writing, thirteen states are enforcing …

The only tme scarce resource is the human mind. Yet abortion is perhaps the most potent
enemy of the human mind, since it destroys the one thing in life that cannot be replaced …