Frohwirth Lori, Coleman Michele, Moore Ann M
Guttmacher Institute.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
World Med Health Policy. 2018 Dec;10(4):381-400. doi: 10.1002/wmh3.289. Epub 2018 Nov 21.
Most women in the United States are religious, and most major religions in the United States doctrinally disapprove of abortion. A substantial proportion of U.S. women have abortions. Although relationships among religious beliefs, abortion attitudes, behaviors, and stigma have been found in previous research, the relationship between stigma and religion is understudied. In-depth interviews conducted with 78 women having abortions at nine sites in the United States found religion to permeate abortion stigma manifestations and management strategies identified in previous research, for religious and religiously affiliated respondents as well as those who did not claim a religious affiliation. Health-care providers, religious leaders, researchers, and advocates need to recognize the influence religion has on the experience of obtaining an abortion for all women in the United States.
美国的大多数女性都有宗教信仰，而且美国的大多数主要宗教在教义上都不赞成堕胎。相当一部分美国女性会选择堕胎。尽管先前的研究已经发现了宗教信仰、堕胎态度、行为和耻辱感之间的关系，但耻辱感与宗教之间的关系却鲜有研究。在美国九个地点对78名堕胎女性进行的深入访谈发现，宗教渗透在先前研究中确定的堕胎耻辱感表现形式和应对策略中，无论是有宗教信仰和与宗教有关联的受访者，还是那些没有宗教信仰的人。医疗保健提供者、宗教领袖、研究人员和倡导者需要认识到宗教对美国所有女性堕胎经历的影响。
