Today, let’s dive deeper into the concept of a woman’s Right to Support as a matter of justice by looking at another result in the research report titled, “The Effects of Abortion Decision Rightness and Decision Type on Women’s Satisfaction and Mental Health.”
You can access the report at this link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37303450/
Recall the results from the 226 women who had experience with an abortion.
Researchers asked the women if they,
1) Wanted the abortion,
2) Accepted the abortion but it was inconsistent with their values and preferences,
3) Did not want the abortion or felt coerced into getting the abortion
Here’s the breakdown of the responses to those questions:
1) Abortion wanted: 33%
2) Abortion accepted but inconsistent with values and preferences: 43%
3) Abortion unwanted or coerced: 24%
In yesterday’s article (https://brettattebery.com/are-american-women-being-coerced-into-doing-something-they-dont-want-to-do/) we focused on the 24% of women who said the abortion was unwanted or coerced.
Today, let’s talk about the 43% of women, almost half, who said their abortions were accepted but inconsistent with their values and preferences.
While clearly not saying as bluntly and directly that their abortion was unwanted or coerced like the 24% of women we discussed yesterday, isn’t it striking that an additional 43% of women are expressing some level of dissatisfaction with their abortion?
In this 43% group of women there is no sense of an enthusiastic embrace of having had an abortion.
It seems more like a resignation.
These women are basically saying, yes, I went ahead with the abortion, but it’s not really what I would have preferred to do, or it’s inconsistent with my values.
Why would someone act in a way that is inconsistent with their values and preferences?
In all likelihood, each of us has probably acted this way at some time in our lives.
When I reflect on the times I have acted in a way inconsistent with my values and preferences, more often than I’d like to admit the core cause came down to one emotion: FEAR.
More on that emotion and its relation to abortion decisions in future articles.
For now, think about this incredible fact we’ve discovered together in the last article and this one.
Assuming the research results in the study also reasonably represent current reality among women who will get abortions today in our country, the research tells us that 67% of those women are “buying a product” they do not really want, if I may express it in business terms.
I’m not sure there is any other business or industry, where 2 out of every 3 customers, express so-called “buyer’s remorse” after buying a product or service.
Such a business or industry wouldn’t last very long in a competitive environment.
Isn’t it interesting that the results indicating 67% client dissatisfaction with their abortion decisions don’t match up at all with the advertising and promotion put forward by the abortion industry that consistently describes abortion as “care” for a woman?
That said, if we are being consistent, we have to accept that 33% of women in the research survey said that they did want their abortions.
In other words, 33% of women experience “buyer’s satisfaction” with their abortions.
We will turn to that group in tomorrow’s article.
Regards,
Brett Attebery