Abortion in America

A Consumer-Behavior Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2994751
AutoresMaggie Jones Patterson (0000-0001-9517-1360), Ronald Paul Hill (0000-0001-9027-7246), Kate Maloy
Año1995
Volumen21
Número4
Páginas677
Fecha de publicación1995-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Consumer Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0093-5301 • E-ISSN: 1537-5277
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1086/209427
OpenAlexW2010456499
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas29

Abortion is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in this country, yet its provision to consumers remains one of the most contentious issues within our society. The purpose of this article is to broaden our understanding of this problem by examining abortion from a consumer-behavior perspective. The phenomenological study described in this article revealed that (1) a wide gap exists between the language of the public debate and that of private decision making, (2) the language of private decision making reflects a moral standard used frequently by women yet virtually ignored in the public debate, and (3) women who take charge of their own decisions cope better with the emotional aftermath, whether their decision is for birth or for abortion. The article closes with a discussion of policy implications that arise from this feminist look at the abortion dilemma as well as broader implications for consumer behavior

Abortion · Dilemma · Economics · Epistemology · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology