
shu
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While reading on the psychology behind abortion (and why abortion isn't more prevalent) I read this study.
Now I'm not pro-life, abortion would've fixed mine and my mother's lives, but it's still deeply blackpilling knowing that the entire decision comes down to their social standing. There's no deeper thought to the decision, or to the child's possible life. It's entirely self-serving. Why should I or anyone, especially people with congenital issues, be forced to live because you were scared of what people might say?
The pro-life opinion of this would be even worse: That a women's choice is entirely dictated by social lines, that your unborn child's life entirely depends on her friend group, that such an act is because of the people around her.
Sorry if this is retarded, or I'm retarded and read the study wrong.
The women presented a tension between independence and dependency. In order to arrive at an independent decision, they strove to create space for quiet contemplation. In order to keep a possible termination of the pregnancy secret, the women limited the involvement of significant others. Those involved were to varying degrees involved in or distanced from the complex considerations. In total, this resulted in an existential loneliness in women.
Which to me tells me the entire stress of an abortion comes from that social isolation, not even the act itself. Their focus is not on the abortion, but on reconnecting with their social groups.When struggling to arrive at a decision, the women's conflicting values and the society's norms, which meant a threat of being judged, were prominent. Regardless of the final choice, the study participants experienced a feeling of relief and a wish to leave the previous struggle behind.
Now I'm not pro-life, abortion would've fixed mine and my mother's lives, but it's still deeply blackpilling knowing that the entire decision comes down to their social standing. There's no deeper thought to the decision, or to the child's possible life. It's entirely self-serving. Why should I or anyone, especially people with congenital issues, be forced to live because you were scared of what people might say?
The pro-life opinion of this would be even worse: That a women's choice is entirely dictated by social lines, that your unborn child's life entirely depends on her friend group, that such an act is because of the people around her.
Sorry if this is retarded, or I'm retarded and read the study wrong.