The aim was to identify from empirical research that used quantitative or qualitative methods
the reasons women give for having an abortion. A search was conducted of peer-reviewed …

Background Abortion is common in the United States and is a critical component of
comprehensive reproductive health care. 1 However, information about individuals who …

Background The current political climate with regards to abortion in the US, along with the
economic recession may be affecting women's reasons for seeking abortion, warranting a …

Drawing on interviews with US women, this article offers a social–psychological framework
for understanding the stigma of having an abortion and identifies the individual stigma …

Fertility rates vary considerably across and within societies, and over time. Over the last
three decades, social demographers have made remarkable progress in documenting these …

Context Although abortion is common in the United States, women who have abortions
report significant social stigma. Currently, there is no standard measure for individual‐level …

Women obtaining abortions in 2008 were less likely than their counterparts in 2000 to be
married or to have a religious affiliation, and were more likely than the earlier cohort to have …

On August 29, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approached the Gulf Coast of the United States,
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) captured the ferocity of the …

Public health discourses on safe abortion assume the term to be unambiguous. However,
qualitative evidence elicited from Kenyan women treated for complications of unsafe …

The abortion decision-making process is embedded within overlapping power relations.
Using a post-colonial feminist framework, we analyse South African and Zimbabwean …