Department and Clinic of Psychiatry, Medical University of Silesia, 42-612 Tarnowskie Gory, Poland.
Department of Ophtalmology, Medical University of Silesia, 40-514 Katowice, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 25;19(1):213. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010213.
Worldwide, there are about 121 million unintended pregnancies per year. The aim of the study was to assess the attitudes in different groups of students from 40 Polish universities towards pregnancy termination. In total, 9686 university students (20.1% male and 79.9% female) took part in our research. Questions about attitudes towards abortion in all possible circumstances were involved in the survey, which also included a socio-demographic questionnaire. Overall, 94.5% of women and 90.7% of men consider that abortion should be legal in the situation of a threat to the mother's life, while only 52% of women and 38.7% of men accept it in the case of a hard financial situation for the mother. Most students stand for abortion in the situation of a threat to the mother's life, in the case of rape, or in the case of a mortal fetus defect. Less than half of the students interviewed consider that abortion should be legal in the case of a hard financial situation for the mother or on the mother's demand. People who declare a religious affiliation more often disagree with abortion, even in the hardest cases such as a danger to the mother's life or a mortal fetus defect. The factor that influences the strongest on attitudes towards abortion is being an active Roman Catholic. The majority of students have a pro-choice attitude in respect of pregnancy termination.
全球每年约有 1.21 亿例意外怀孕。本研究旨在评估 40 所波兰大学不同群体学生对终止妊娠的态度。共有 9686 名大学生（20.1%为男性，79.9%为女性）参与了我们的研究。调查涉及了对所有可能情况下堕胎态度的问题，还包括一个社会人口学问卷。总的来说，94.5%的女性和 90.7%的男性认为，在危及母亲生命的情况下，堕胎应该是合法的，而只有 52%的女性和 38.7%的男性接受在母亲经济困难的情况下堕胎。大多数学生支持在危及母亲生命、强奸或胎儿致命缺陷的情况下堕胎。接受采访的学生中不到一半的人认为，在母亲经济困难或母亲要求的情况下，堕胎应该是合法的。宣称宗教信仰的人往往更反对堕胎，即使是在危及母亲生命或胎儿致命缺陷等最困难的情况下。对堕胎态度影响最大的因素是积极的罗马天主教徒。大多数学生对终止妊娠持赞成选择的态度。
