“Technically an abortion”: Understanding perceptions and definitions of abortion in the United States

VandeVusse, Alicia J.; Mueller, Jennifer; Kirstein, Marielle; Strong, Joe; Lindberg, Laura D.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116216

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“…Factual profiles aside, the perceptions that everyday Americans hold regarding abortion and abortion patients remain largely unexplored [see (54) for an exception). News coverage and fictional programming communicate an impression hardly representative of the reality of abortion care, access, or outcomes (55).…”

Section: Abortion and Abortion Patients In The United Statesmentioning

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The “abortion imaginary”: Shared perceptions and personal representations among everyday Americans

Bruce,

Hutchens,

Cowan

2024

Sci. Adv.

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Drawing upon 217 in-depth interviews and the concept of the “social imaginary,” we introduce the “abortion imaginary”—a set of shared understandings regarding abortion and abortion patients. We identify four interrelated facets of the U.S. abortion imaginary pertaining to who gets an abortion and why: maternal inevitability, economic decision-making, relationship precarity, and emotional fragility. We then show how shared perceptions of abortion patients diverge into polarized opinions, revealing how those who know someone who has had an abortion differ from those who do not. Centering personal “exemplars,” we integrate conceptual work on social imaginaries with contact theory to illuminate how divergent opinions coexist with shared cultural understandings.

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Section: Abortion and Abortion Patients In The United Statesmentioning

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The “abortion imaginary”: Shared perceptions and personal representations among everyday Americans

Bruce,

Hutchens,

Cowan

2024

Sci. Adv.

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“…Abortion is defined by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as “a medical intervention provided to individuals who need to end the medical condition of pregnancy.” 11 State laws can be similarly broad. For example, one state defines abortion as “the termination of human pregnancy with an intention other than to produce a live birth or remove a dead fetus.” 12 Many states specifically carve out procedures such as termination of an ectopic pregnancy with language that includes in its definition, for example, “an act is not an abortion if the act is done with the intent to…remove an ectopic pregnancy.” 13 It is important that emergency physicians be aware of the broad technical definition of abortion, so that they can be cognizant of applicable laws.…”

Section: Relevance Of Abortion To Emergency Medicinementioning

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Pregnancy Complications After Dobbs: The Role of EMTALA

Chernoby,

Acunto

2024

WestJEM

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In June 2023, the Supreme Court declared that there was no longer a right to abortion under the federal constitution. This decision has allowed states to promulgate different restrictions on abortion, many of which implicate the practice of emergency medicine. An abortion is defined as a “medical intervention provided to individuals who need to end the medical condition of pregnancy” and includes care such as termination of an ectopic pregnancy and induction of labor for previable preterm premature rupture of membranes—interventions that emergency physicians either perform or rely on the assistance of consultants to perform. State bans on abortion must be evaluated against duties under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, a federal law that preempts state law. In this paper we examine the conflict between state and federal law as it applies to emergency abortion care and describe how emergency physicians can continue caring for patients.

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Abortion, criminal law, and transgression

McGuinness

2024

Women's Studies International Forum

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“Technically an abortion”: Understanding perceptions and definitions of abortion in the United States

Cited by 7 publications

References 28 publications

The “abortion imaginary”: Shared perceptions and personal representations among everyday Americans

The “abortion imaginary”: Shared perceptions and personal representations among everyday Americans

Pregnancy Complications After Dobbs: The Role of EMTALA

Abortion, criminal law, and transgression

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