"I'll never forget it!": women's experience with induced abortion

Authors

  • Ivanilda Lacerda Pedrosa Instituto Cândida Vargas; UTI Neonatal
  • Telma Ribeiro Garcia Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Centro de Ciências da Saúde; Departamento de Enfermagem de Saúde Pública e Psiquiatria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000600008

Keywords:

induced abortion, women's health, reproductive health

Abstract

Based on the symbolic interactionist approach, we aimed to verify the meanings attributed to induced abortion by women who adopted such behavior as well as to analyze the impact of the experience on their self-image. The results point out the contradiction in women's discourse when they evaluate the experience, and the emotional negative reactions they had developed: remorse/guilty conscience, regret, feeling of grief, and mainly guilt, which, according to their accounts, they will carry for the rest of their lives.

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Published

2000-12-01

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 6 (2000)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

"I’ll never forget it!": women’s experience with induced abortion. (2000). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 8(6), 50-58. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000600008