Detention of Pregnant Women to Protect the Foetus - Nordiv Perspectives

Søvig, Karl Harald

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“…The existing research has been primarily concerned with patient rights, the right to autonomy and the consequences for women's motivation, as well as with issues of how use of coercion will influence the therapeutic alliance. The debate, both professionally and politically, has been directed towards the balance between individual autonomy and protection of the foetus, and where the consequences for the pregnant women's motivation and accessibility to receive treatment are challenged (Leppo, 2009;Søvig, 2011). parents, and these patterns are to a great extent passed on to the expected and newborn baby (Broden, 2004;Bowlby, 1998;Fonagy, 2006;Stern, 2000).…”

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Pregnant substance-abusing women in involuntary treatment: Attachment experiences with the unborn child

Myra

Ravndal

Torsteinsson

et al. 2016

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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BACKGROUND-Use of coercion against pregnant women who misuse substances was legalised in Norway in 1996. The background for the law was that substance abuse during pregnancy represents a significant health problem for the child. AIM-The main aim of this study was to explore if an attachment between the mother and her unborn child was possible in a context of coercion as experienced from the woman's perspective. The women had many challenges, such as lack of social support and poor living conditions. MATERIAL-Data were collected in eight qualitative indepth interviews. FINDINGS-The main findings show how involuntary detention enabled safety for and connection with the unborn child. Within this context, the pregnant substance-abusing women's own relational experiences and developmental histories represent the most significant barrier for their ability to bond with the expected child. CONCLUSIONS-The study underlines the importance of helping women with their own attachment experiences in order to break the generational transference of risk and pathology, and in this way, start the attachment process to the unborn child during the coerced treatment stay. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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Pregnant substance-abusing women in involuntary treatment: Attachment experiences with the unborn child

Myra

Ravndal

Torsteinsson

et al. 2016

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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“…The core of the law is that women can be remanded in inpatient treatment without consent if the abuse poses reasonable threat to the foetus and if voluntary health measures appear insufficient. The health of the unborn child, in this context, is favoured by lawmakers against the woman's right to freedom (Søvig, ). Norway is the only European country with such a law for pregnant substance abusers.…”

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Pregnant substance abusers in voluntary and coercive treatment in Norway: Therapists’ reflections on change processes and attachment experiences

Myra

Ravndal

Torsteinsson

2018

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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The Right to Avoid Procreation and the Regulation of Pregnancy

Herrmann

2020

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Health Law

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This chapter discusses the right to avoid procreation and the regulation of pregnancy from a European perspective. The legal basis for a right to avoid procreation can be said to fall within the scope of several provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), an instrument that is binding for all European countries. Here, Article 12 of the ECHR gives men and women of marriageable age the right to marry and found a family in accordance with the national laws governing this right. However, Article 12 protects some elements of the right not to procreate, but for couples only. The lack of common European consensus in this area highlights how matters relating to the right to decide on the number and spacing of children touch on aspects that differ from country to country even in what could appear to be a homogenous region. In fact, the cultural, moral, and historical milieus that surround these rights differ considerably with diverse national perceptions of the role of the family, gender equality, religious and moral obligations, and so on.

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Detention of Pregnant Women to Protect the Foetus - Nordiv Perspectives

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Pregnant substance-abusing women in involuntary treatment: Attachment experiences with the unborn child

Pregnant substance-abusing women in involuntary treatment: Attachment experiences with the unborn child

Pregnant substance abusers in voluntary and coercive treatment in Norway: Therapists’ reflections on change processes and attachment experiences

The Right to Avoid Procreation and the Regulation of Pregnancy

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