“We Feel Sad for the Baby Because the Mother Is Bad” – A Positioning Analysis of Filipino Ob-Gyns on Women Who Have Undergone Abortion

• Main Authors: Lee, Mara Teresina D., Canalita, Raphael F., Tong, Janelle Angelica A., Macapagal, Ma. Elizabeth
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Philippines; ob-gyns; induced abortion; positioning theory; qualitative; Psychology; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/445; https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000099
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The criminalization of abortion has limited the access of women who seek to undergo abortion, resulting in women seeking unsafe means to acquire abortions. As experts on women’s reproductive health, obstetrician-gynecologists (ob-gyns) have the ability to influence the trajectory of abortion in the...