Adoption decision making after being denied a wanted abortion

Abortion decision making: some findings from Colombia.

The reasons why some women seek to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, while others do not, were investigated in interviews with 108 women in Cali, Colombia (where abortion is illegal but reportedly widespread). All the women in the study had experienced an unwanted pregnancy, and in more than half the cases one major or several minor attempts were made to end it. The prospects for economic suppor...

Risk of violence from the man involved in the pregnancy after receiving or being denied an abortion

BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence is common among women having abortions, with between 6% and 22% reporting recent violence from an intimate partner. Concern about violence is a reason some pregnant women decide to terminate their pregnancies. Whether risk of violence decreases after having an abortion, remains unknown. METHODS Data are from the Turnaway Study, a prospective cohort study o...

‘I felt the world crash down on me’: Women’s experiences being denied legal abortion in Colombia

BACKGROUND In 2006, Colombia's constitutional court overturned a complete ban on abortion, liberalizing the procedure. Despite a relatively liberal new law, women still struggle to access safe and legal abortion services. We aimed to understand why women are denied services in Colombia, and what factors determine if and how they ultimately terminate pregnancies. METHODS We recruited women den...

Retailer E-business Adoption: A Decision-Making Framework

This paper synthesises the abundance of e-retailing literature to develop a Retailer Internet Adoption Framework that informs retail managers in their decision in the appropriate level of e-business adoption. Using a multiple case study of horticultural ‘greenlife’ retailers, the explanatory power of the proposed framework was examined. Findings suggest that the framework may be an appropriate ...

The physician's decision-making role in abortion cases.