The interacting roles of abortion stigma and gender on attitudes toward abortion legality

Patev, Alison J.; Hood, Kristina B.; Hall, Calvin J.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2019.04.005

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“…Studies emphasize that negative beliefs towards abortion are influenced by the cultural and religious norms of the society, and therefore negative views about abortion are internalized by women [27][28][29][30][31]. A study reported that religious women have higher levels of stigmatization, self-judgment, and perception of condemnation than non-religious women [14].…”

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“…According to [28], there was a negative correlation between gender, the legality of abortion, and religiousness and stigmatization, and those who identify themselves as religious had a more negative attitude towards the legality of abortion. In a study conducted with adolescents, stigmatizing attitudes were evident despite the fact that the majority of participants (%92) stated that a woman who had an abortion should be treated the same as everyone else.…”

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Stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs, and actions of women towards abortion in rural regions with high fertility

Akbulut

Kılıçlı

2022

ELECTRON J GEN MED

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The study aims to determine the stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs, and actions of women towards abortion in rural and conservative areas where fertility is high. Methods:The research is cross-sectional. It was carried out in Mus State Hospital between 28 March-28 April 2022. The sample of the study consisted of 499 women. Introductory information form and stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs, and actions scale towards abortion were used as data collection tools. Findings:The participants' mean score of stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs, and actions towards abortion scale 69.5, negative stereotypes 28.3, discrimination and exclusion 29.1, and fear of contagion sub-dimension 11.9. The mean score of the scale was found to be significantly higher in women who are single, between 20-35 ages, live in the city center and nuclear family, have an undergraduate or above education level, work (p<0.05). There was a negative correlation between the scale mean score of women and the number of pregnancies, births, living children; and a positive correlation between the scale mean score and the number of abortions (p<0.05). Conclusions:It was found out that stigmatizing and negative attitudes, beliefs, and actions towards abortion are high among women in rural regions with high fertility.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs, and actions of women towards abortion in rural regions with high fertility

Akbulut

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2022

ELECTRON J GEN MED

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“…Negative attitudes towards abortion are associated with less agreement with policies supporting access to abortion (Patev et al, 2019a;Cutler et al, 2021). From a structural perspective, we find very diverse forms of legislation against reproductive rights at the international level, with the strictest restrictions being classified as a violation of human rights (Human Rights Committee, 2018).…”

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“…According to the scores obtained in each factor, the pro-lifers are: (Festinger, 1964) politically conservative; (Galtung, 1990) religious; (Kumar et al, 2009) moral absolutists; and have a conservative view on (Hessini, 2014) euthanasia; (Cutler et al, 2021) prayer in schools; (Patev et al, 2019a) and birth control ( Festinger, 1964) opinion; (Galtung, 1990) motivation;…”

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Design and study of psychometric properties of the Community Attitude to Abortion Scale (CAAS) with the Chilean population: Autonomy and Stigma

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IntroductionAttitudes toward abortion are related to structural, cultural, and direct gender-based violence. This violence can affect women’s mental, physical and reproductive health. Therefore, it is essential to know the nature of community attitudes toward abortion. Since we currently do not have an instrument that measures attitudes towards abortion in Chile, we set the objective of this study to design the Community Attitude to Abortion Scale (CAAS) and analyze its psychometric properties in a Chilean community population.MethodsThis work is an instrumental design study. Using a sampling of panelists by sociodemographic quotas, we obtained a sample of 1,223 participants with a mean age of 36.7 years (SD = 13.56).ResultsAs a result, we obtained a scale of 18 items and two correlated factors, Autonomy and Stigma. This structure fits better as an Exploratory Structural Equations Model (ESEM). Both factors have excellent internal consistency. In addition, we obtained evidence of concurrent and discriminant validity: The scores on the factors of the Universal Religious Involvement Scale (I-E12) correlated negatively with Autonomy and positively with Stigma; participants with low levels of identification with a right-wing political orientation, with high levels of identification with a leftwing, pro-feminist, pro-LGBTQ +, and pro-euthanasia political orientation, obtained higher mean scores on Autonomy and lower on Stigma.DiscussionThe CAAS is an adequate tool for use with the Chilean community population, with evidence of consistency and validity. La CAAS is the first tool to measure attitudes to abortion in this country.

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“…Researchers have previously assessed frequency of individuals' stigmatizing attitudes by creating standardized scales, such as the Stigmatizing Attitudes, Beliefs, and Actions Scale (Shellenberg et al, 2014). Researchers using this measure have found that increased abortion stigma was related to more negative attitudes about the legality of abortion (Patev et al, 2019). As this scale was designed to assess abortion stigma in Ghana and Zambia, there are likely dimensions of abortion stigma that are relevant to U.S. history and its political environment that may not be captured by this measure.…”

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Abortion Stigma: Imagined Consequences for People Seeking Abortion Care in the United States

Baker

Papp

Crawford

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Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Prior to and since the 2022 Dobbs decision, U.S. state laws have endorsed individuals surveilling and punishing those associated with abortion care. This practice presents an urgent need to understand the characteristics of abortion stigma, particularly the perspectives of individuals with stigmatizing beliefs. To examine the concept and characteristics of abortion stigma, we interviewed 55 individuals about whether they thought there should be consequences for getting an abortion and, if so, what the consequences should be. Adults from three states (Michigan, Kansas, and Arizona) were purposively sampled to include a range of abortion identities and levels of religious engagement. We used reflexive thematic analysis to code and interpret the data. Participants imagined consequences including financial penalties, incarceration, and forced sterilization. Three themes highlighted how abortion was described as violating the law, women's gender roles, and religious doctrine; accordingly, abortion was imagined as deserving of negative consequences, although abortion was legal in all states during data collection. We argue that these imagined consequences relied on carceral logics and interconnected sexist, racist, and classist stereotypes that reflect and reproduce abortion stigma. This study deepens the understanding of abortion stigma from the perspective of the stigmatizer, underscoring the danger of legislation grounded in stigmatizing beliefs.

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The interacting roles of abortion stigma and gender on attitudes toward abortion legality

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

Stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs, and actions of women towards abortion in rural regions with high fertility

Stigmatizing attitudes, beliefs, and actions of women towards abortion in rural regions with high fertility

Design and study of psychometric properties of the Community Attitude to Abortion Scale (CAAS) with the Chilean population: Autonomy and Stigma

Abortion Stigma: Imagined Consequences for People Seeking Abortion Care in the United States

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