Attitudes toward voluntary abortion in three Mexican cities that differ in their laws
Introduction: Voluntary abortion can be safe, but attitudes and stigma related to it are associated with unsafe practices. Identifying the pro and con attitudes co-occurring with a legislation may be useful when designing transformative strategies. Objectives: To compare attitudes toward voluntary a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Enfermería Universitaria |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1515 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revista-enfermeria.unam.mx/ojs/index.php/enfermeriauniversitaria/article/view/1515 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | aborto aborto inducido aborto legal actitud religión abortion induced abortion legal abortion attitude religion aborto induzido atitude religião |
| Sumario: | Introduction: Voluntary abortion can be safe, but attitudes and stigma related to it are associated with unsafe practices. Identifying the pro and con attitudes co-occurring with a legislation may be useful when designing transformative strategies. Objectives: To compare attitudes toward voluntary abortion among three Mexican cities that differ in their laws regarding voluntary abortion and to study the influence that religiosity, age, sex, having offspring, and having known a woman who had voluntarily aborted without her pregnancy being a product of sexual assault may have on attitudes toward voluntary abortion. Methodology: Quantitative cross-sectional design. Using a convenience sampling, 637 adults from Mexico City, Xalapa, or Aguascalientes aged 18-45 were surveyed. Adults belonging to the clergy and activists on issues related to voluntary abortion were excluded. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Cuestionario de Actitudes hacia el Aborto [Abortion Attitudes Questionnaire] were administered. Data was analyzed using non-parametric tests. The protocol was approved by an ethics committee. Results: Participants from Mexico City expressed a greater pro-choice attitude, whereas those from Aguascalientes showed a greater antiabortion attitude. In the three cities, religiosity and age predicted attitudes toward voluntary abortion. Discussion: Understanding the social context is necessary to design interventions for reducing stigma against women who wish to abort. Identifying and exploring the antiabortion attitude may help to transform it through innovative strategies. Conclusions: Laws regarding voluntary abortion tend to agree with attitudes toward voluntary abortion; however, in Mexico, religiosity influences these attitudes as well, probably due to the importance of Catholicism among Mexicans. |
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