 Conflicts About the Decision
 Difficulty making the decision, unresolved doubts
 Moral beliefs against abortion
 Religious and traditional values
Negative attitudes towards abortion
Feelings of shame or social stigma emotionally involved to abortion
Strong concerns about confidentiality
Contradictory maternal desires
Initially wanted or planned a pregnancy
Abortion of a wanted child because of fetal abnormalities
Therapeutic abortion of a wanted pregnancy by the reason of serious health risk to the mother
Strong maternal instincts
Being married
Previous children
Failure to take contraceptive precautions, which may indicate an ambivalent desire to become pregnant
Preoccupations with fantasies of the fetus, including sex and awareness of the due date
Second or third trimester abortion, which generally means strong ambivalence or a coerced abortion of a “hidden” pregnancy
Feels pressured or compelled
Feels compelled to have abortion
By husband or boyfriend
By parents
By doctor, counsellor, employer, etc.
Feeling that decision is not her own
Feels pressured to decide too quickly
Decision is made with prejudiced, imprecise, or insufficient information
Psychological or Developmental Restrictions
Adolescence, minors having an increased risk
Previous emotional or mental health problems
Poor use of psychological defence or coping mechanisms
Past low self-esteem
Poor work patterns
Former unresolved trauma
A history of sexual abuse or sexual assault
Blames pregnancy on her own character flaws, rather than on chance, others, or on correctable mistakes of behavior
Avoidance and denial prior to the abortion
Insufficient network of social support
A small number of friends
Made decisions alone, without support of a partner
An unstable relationship with the male partner
Lack of support from parents and family, either to have the baby or to have the abortion
Lack of support from male partner to have the baby or to have an abortion
Accompanied to the abortion by the male partner
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