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Forgiveness in the Abortion Clinic (continued from previous page) I am taken back to these decade-old observations as I currently conduct research on the effects of religious doctrine on obstetrics and gynecology practice in Catholic hospitals. One in six patients in the United States receives care in a Catholic hospital where abortion, sterilization, birth control, and infertility services are prohibited. In my interviews with doctors who have worked in Catholic hospitals, I have learned that treatment options for women facing some of the most difficult pregnancy ...data show that women who get abortions are complications and losses, such as incomplete miscarriage in the second trimester, are restricted as well. 7 These physicians tell me that, as they likely to keep it a secret tried to offer their patients the best care they could, they felt their hands were tied by doctrine. precisely because they Stories from my earlier research of nurses and counselors ministering to the need for forgiveness in the abortion clinic provide a useful fear they will receive reminder of the value and importance of religious beliefs for some patients, harsh disapproval. They but they also illustrate how religious practice in ob-gyn care is best directed fear they will be judged by the patient, not the institution. I am learning in my current project that, in the context of Catholic hospitals, hospital ownership dictates and that the people that the role of religion in women’s reproductive lives by using doctrine to they care about will see restrict access to care in ways that neither those working there nor patients necessarily want. Whereas women like Claudia, Beatriz, and Leticia met them as less than what individual women’s needs and concerns in the moment, with faith in a forgiving and understanding God, the Catholic health doctrine governing hospitals prescribes a one-size-fits-all religious approach. they were. As such, the individual suffering of spiritually diverse women goes unaddressed in the name of God—a problem made worse when the Catholic hospital is the only game in town. Religion and abortion can and sometimes do mix well at the individual level when patients speak their concerns and are ministered to by compassionate people, be they abortion clinic staff or supportive clergy, who meet them where they are. Lori Freedman, PhD, is a sociologist and author of the book, Willing and Unable: Doctors’ Constraints in Abortion Care. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She conducts research within the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program. freedmanl@obgyn.ucsf.edu 1 Katrina Kimport. “(Mis) Understanding Abortion Regret. Symbolic Interaction 35.2 (2012): 105-122. 8 2 Kate Cockrill, Ushma D. Upadhyay, Janet Turan, and Diana Greene Foster. “The Stigma of Having an Abortion: Development of a Scale and Characteristics of Women Experiencing Abortion Stigma.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 45:2 (2013), 79-88. 3 Katrina Kimport, Kira Foster, and Tracy A. Weitz. “Social Sources of Women's Emotional Difficulty after Abortion: Lessons from Women’s Abortion Narratives.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 43:2 (2011), 103-9. 4 Alissa C. Perrucci. Decision Assessment and Counseling in Abortion Care: Philosophy and Practice. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012.) 5 Carole Joffe. “The Politicization of Abortion and the Evolution of Abortion Counseling.” American Journal of Public Health 103:1 (2013), 57-65. 6 Peg Johnston. A Guide to Emotional And Spiritual Resolution After an Abortion. (Binghamton: Ferre Institute, 2008). 7 Lori Freedman and Debra Stulberg. “Conflicts in Care for Obstetric Complications in Catholic Hospitals.” American Journal of Bioethics Primary Research. (Epub December 18, 2012.) http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21507716.2012.751464#.Ud3CmayyyEo
Choices Nicola Streeten 9 Nicola Streeten has worked as an illustrator since 1996. In 2011, Myriad Editions issued Streeten’s Billy, Me & You, the first published graphic memoir by a British woman. About the artist’s own experience of bereavement following the death of her child, Billy, Me & You was recognized by the British Medical Association (BMA) with the citation of “Highly Commended” in the Popular Medicine category of the 2012 BMA book awards. Streeten is currently completing Hymn, a fictional graphic novel exploring the ethical issues surrounding abortion, scheduled for publication in 2015 by Myriad Editions. Streeten received an Arts Council England award for the research and development of Hymn.
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