Moral dilemmas and abortion decision-making

Lessons learnt from abortion research in England and Wales

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15540902
AutoresLesley Hoggart (0000-0002-4786-7950, The Open University, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume14
Fascículo1
Páginas1-8
Data de publicação2018-05-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGlobal Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17441692.2018.1474482
PMID29779465
OpenAlexW2803497887
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas26

This paper scrutinises the concepts of moral reasoning and personal reasoning, problematising the binary model by looking at young women's pregnancy decision-making. Data from two UK empirical studies are subjected to theoretically driven qualitative secondary analysis, and illustrative cases show how complex decision-making is characterised by an intertwining of the personal and the moral, and is thus best understood by drawing on moral relativism

Abortion · Epistemology · Moral dilemma · Moral reasoning · Moral relativism · Pregnancy · Qualitative research · Relativism · Social science · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Social Psychology