I. Contradictions About the Decision
A. Difficulty making the decision, indecision, unsettled doubts
1. Moral beliefs against abortion:
a. Religious or traditional values
b. Negative attitudes towards abortion
c. Feelings of shame or social stigma affixed to abortion
d. Strong concerns about privacy
2. Contradictory motherly desires
a. Initially wanted or planned a pregnancy
b. Abortion of a wanted child because of fetal abnormalities
c. Therapeutic abortion of a wanted pregnancy because of serious health risk to the mother
d. Strong motherly instincts
e. Being married
f. Previous children
g. Failure to take contraceptive precautions, which may point out an discrepant desire to become pregnant
h. Biases with fantasies of the foetus, together with sex and awareness of the due date
3. Second or third trimester abortion, which usually points out strong indecision or a compelled abortion of a “hidden” pregnancy
B. Feels pressured or compelled
1. Feels pressured to undergo the abortion procedure
a. By husband or boyfriend
b. By parents
c. By doctor, counselor, employer, or others
2. Feels decision is not her own, or is “her only choice”
3. Feels pressured to decide too fast
C. Decision is made with preconceived, mistaken, or insufficient information
II. Psychological or Developmental Limitations
A. Adolescence, minors having more risk
B. Past emotional or mental health problems
1. Poor use of psychological defense or coping techniques
2. Preceding low self-image and esteem
3. Poor work patterns
4. Previous uncured trauma
5. A history of sexual abuse or sexual assault
6. Blames pregnancy on her own character flaws, rather than on chance, others, or on correctable mistakes of behavior
7. Escaping and denial prior to the abortion
C. Insufficient network of social support
1. Not many friends
2. Taking decision alone, without support from a partner
3. A poor or unbalanced relationship with the partner
4. Shortage of support from parents and family, either to have the baby or to have the abortion
5. Deficit of support from partner to have the baby or to have an abortion
6. Accompanied to the abortion by the male partner
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