the relationship between neutralization techniques and induced abortion

background: induced abortion is not only a serious threat for women’s health, but also a controversial topic for its ethical and moral problems. we aimed to evaluate the relationship between neutralization techniques and attempting to commit abortion in married women with unintended pregnancy. methods: after in-depth interviews with some women who had attempted abortion, neutralization themes were gathered. next, to analyze the data quantitatively, a questionnaire was created including demographic and psychosocial variables specifically related to neutralization. the participants were divided into two groups (abortion and control) of unintended pregnancy and were then compared. results: analysis of psychosocial variables revealed a significant difference in the two groups at neutralization, showing that neutralization in the control group (56.97±10.24) was higher than that in the abortion group (44.19±12.44). to evaluate the findings more accurately, we examined the causal factors behind the behaviors of the abortion group. binary logistic regression showed that among psychosocial factors, neutralization significantly affected abortion (95% ci=1.07-1.35). conclusion: despite the network of many factors affecting induced abortion, neutralization plays an important role in reinforcing the tendency to attempt abortion. furthermore, the decline of religious beliefs, as a result of the secular context of the modern world, seems to have an important role in neutralizing induced abortion.