Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Azad Islamic University-Varamin Pishva Branch, Varamin, Iran.
J Adv Nurs. 2012 Jun;68(6):1247-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05826.x. Epub 2011 Aug 18.
This paper is a report of a study of the consequences of illegal abortions experienced by Iranian women.
Despite the increase in effective and safe methods of contraception and the distribution of information about these methods, unwanted pregnancy is still a problem in some societies. Induced abortion is a common procedure throughout the world and at least half of more than 45 million induced abortions which happen in a year are performed under unsafe circumstances. Unsafe abortions carry a high risk of maternal mortality and morbidity, accounting for more than 80,000 maternal deaths per year.
In this qualitative study, 27 participants were interviewed in 2006. Some participants were women who had illegal abortions and others were people who had contact with those women. Content analysis was used to identify and categorize participants' responses to the interview questions.
Four consequences of women's experiences of illegal abortion were identified: physical, psychological, socio-political and judicial.
In Iran, as in some other developing countries intentional abortion, except for some special cases, is illegal because of social and religious beliefs. In these countries, offering services and support to women with unwanted pregnancies seems to be the best solution for reducing or preventing illegal abortion.
本文是对伊朗妇女非法堕胎后果的研究报告。
尽管有效的避孕方法和相关信息在不断普及，但一些社会仍存在意外怀孕的问题。人工流产在全球范围内很常见，每年超过 4500 万例人工流产中，至少有一半是在不安全的情况下进行的。不安全的人工流产会带来很高的孕产妇死亡率和发病率，每年导致超过 8 万名孕产妇死亡。
在这项定性研究中，2006 年对 27 名参与者进行了访谈。部分参与者是有过非法堕胎经历的妇女，其他参与者是与这些妇女有过接触的人。采用内容分析法对参与者对访谈问题的回答进行识别和分类。
确定了妇女非法堕胎经历的四个后果：身体、心理、社会政治和司法。
在伊朗，与一些其他发展中国家一样，出于社会和宗教信仰的原因，除了一些特殊情况外，故意堕胎是非法的。在这些国家，为意外怀孕的妇女提供服务和支持似乎是减少或预防非法堕胎的最佳解决方案。
