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Grief after Miscarriage and Abortion: A Pro-Choice Response.
- Source :
- Women's Reproductive Health; 2024, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p537-554, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- After experiencing my own miscarriage, I was told by a pro-life advocate that the miscarriage should be easy for me to "get over" because, as a pro-choice advocate, I didn't regard embryos or fetuses as persons. While such a comment can be attributed to ignorance, it is true that the pro-choice community in general has been reluctant to acknowledge grief after pregnancy loss, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion. In this paper, I argue that it is imperative that abortion rights advocates acknowledge the ambivalence and grief that can follow abortions and that they help create feminist, women-centered ways of addressing and alleviating any negative post-abortion feelings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23293691
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Women's Reproductive Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179435368
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2023.2285291