Sex, Abortion and Unmarried Women

by Paul Sachdev

Overview

Sachdev provides a detailed examination of the psychological responses of women who have had abortions. The author surveyed a sample of unmarried women aged 18 to 25 who had had abortions during the past six months to one year. Based on in-depth interviews with these women, the study presents quantitative and qualitative findings. While some authors have stressed the negative psychological impact of abortion, Sachdev demonstrates that the majority of women in his study were comfortable with their decisions and experienced few adverse psychological reactions. Impressively researched, this insightful study persuasively refutes claims and myths such as:

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313240713
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/30/1993
Series:	Contributions in Women's Studies , #13
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

PAUL SACHDEV is Director od eh MSW Program at the Indiana University School of Social Work. An authority on reproductive health care and on family and child welfare, he is the editor of the International Handbook on Abortion (Greenwood, 1988), Perspectives on Abortion (1985), and Abortion: Readings and Research (1984). He is also the author of Unlocking the Adoption Files (1989) and an international editor of the jourbanal Medicine and Law.

Table of Contents

Abortion in Perspective
The Abortion Experience
The Sample Women and How They Were Studied
The Women and Their Sexual and Contraceptive Dossier
Facing the Pregnancy
Choosing Abortion
A Day in the Hospital: The Final Act
After Abortion
Epilogue
Appendixes
References
Index