We Are the Visible Proof

Legitimizing Abortion Regret Misinformation through Activists’ Experiential Knowledge

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6090050
AutoresAlesha E Doan (0000-0002-1348-9023, University of Kansas), Alesha Doan, Carolina Costa Candal (University of Kansas), Sylvester (0000-0002-2132-3082, Utah Valley University), Steven Sylvester
Año2018
Volumen40
Número1
Páginas33-56
Fecha de publicación2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLaw & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/lapo.12094
OpenAlexW2767144169
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas66

Since 2010, many abortion policies emerging at the state level have been designed around the idea of “abortion regret,” a scientifically discredited assertion that abortion causes long‐term health problems for women. Studies have examined the legal significance of regret claims in case law as well as the role scientific misinformation and uncertainty play in the policy process. However, scholars have given less attention to the intersection between abortion regret experiences and misinformation. We address this gap in the literature by examining how antiabortion activists' experiential knowledge continues to reinforce and legitimize misinformation contained in state policies. We explore the process of substantiating abortion regret misinformation by attaching it to activists' experiential expertise. Based on twenty‐three interviews with antiabortion activists, we argue that misinformation receives validation through the certainty of experiential knowledge, which activists mobilize around and use as a source of evidence in the policy process

Abortion · Epistemology · Experiential knowledge · Experiential learning · Misinformation · Political science · Pregnancy · Public relations · Regret · Computer Science · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology