Testoni Ines, Finco Nicoletta, Keisari Shoshi, Orkibi Hod, Azoulay Bracha
FISPPA Department, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Emili Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Front Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 2;12:619684. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.619684. eCollection 2021.
This qualitative study considers the relationship between abortion, bereavement, and the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown nine women who had undergone an elective abortion, which is voluntarily termination of a pregnancy at the woman's request. These women were interviewed in three time points (1 month, 6 months, and 1 year after the event) to consider the possible evolution of their experience. The third phase was concurrent with the COVID-19 pandemic and particularly with Pope Francis's Easter declaration against abortion. All the interviews were conducted and analysed through qualitative research in psychology. Results showed that the abortion experience led to physical, relational, and psychological suffering, similar to perinatal grief. Participants were non-practising Catholics and religiosity did not help them to overcome their sorrow. Though religiosity is a possible resilience factor in other stressful conditions, in this case it is a factor that aggravated suffering. Finally, we discuss the difficulties experienced by Catholic women who choose to have an abortion and assert the necessity of psychological and spiritual interventions to support these women.
这项定性研究考察了堕胎、丧亲之痛以及新冠疫情封锁措施的影响之间的关系。研究对象为九名接受了选择性堕胎（即应女性要求自愿终止妊娠）的女性。在事件发生后的三个时间点（1个月、6个月和1年）对这些女性进行了访谈，以探讨她们经历可能的演变。第三阶段与新冠疫情大流行同时发生，尤其与教皇方济各关于反对堕胎的复活节声明同步。所有访谈均通过心理学定性研究的方式进行并分析。结果表明，堕胎经历导致了身体、人际关系和心理上的痛苦，类似于围产期悲伤。参与者均为不践行宗教的天主教徒，宗教信仰并未帮助她们克服悲伤。尽管宗教信仰在其他压力情境下可能是一种恢复力因素，但在这种情况下，它却是加剧痛苦的一个因素。最后，我们讨论了选择堕胎的天主教女性所经历的困难，并强调了提供心理和精神干预以支持这些女性的必要性。
