THE EXPERIENCES OF INDUCED ABORTION IN WOMEN

Abstract

This research aims to study women’s encounters who undergo abortion in Pakistan. It investigates the challenges faced by women seeking induced abortion and the secrecy they attempt to keep with the imputation of triangulation of theories. A major Dramaturgical perspective by Erving Goffman (1959) was employed to elucidate the challenges women face. Under the Feminist perspective, Standpoint Theory by Dorothy Smith (1989) was used to explain how fewer reproductive choices of women lead to unintended pregnancies and abortion. The aim of the study is to incorporate the impact of negative attitudes towards abortion on women’s choices of hazardous pregnancy termination procedures and their consequences on health of females. To conduct current research, a qualitative research methodology was employed under a social constructivist viewpoint with an interpretive epistemological approach employing in-depth interviews and further thematic analysis. The current research aims to study the issues faced by women undergoing induced abortion in Pakistan.