Canadian Women's Contemporary Experiences Accessing Abortion

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dc.contributor.advisorMacDonnell, Judith Ann
dc.contributor.authorLebold, Margaret
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-22T18:54:22Z
dc.date.available2019-11-22T18:54:22Z
dc.date.copyright2019-08
dc.date.issued2019-11-22
dc.date.updated2019-11-22T18:54:22Z
dc.degree.disciplineNursing
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMScN - Master of Science in Nursing
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores Canadian womens contemporary experiences accessing abortion. Abortion is a womens health issue, yet little nursing research addresses womens experiences or well-documented barriers to care. After Health Canadas approval of the abortion pill, Mifegymiso (RU-486) in 2015, women had an alternative to surgical abortion. This qualitative study uses narrative and critical feminist approaches, and purposive convenience sampling to explore Canadian womens experiences of abortion and access to care. Seven women over the age of 18, diverse in age, education, sexual orientation, geography and experience with medical or surgical abortion completed semi-structured interviews. Critical analysis illustrated the complex, varied meanings that abortion has for women, including the motherhood journey (regardless of whether or not they considered themselves mothers), the pivotal nature of support, and barriers to access. Implications for nursing include challenging the silence in research and augmenting reproductive justice approaches.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/36774
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectCanadian studies
dc.subject.keywordsabortion
dc.subject.keywordstherapeutic abortion
dc.subject.keywordselective abortion
dc.subject.keywordsdeliberate termination
dc.subject.keywordstermination
dc.subject.keywordspregnancy termination
dc.subject.keywordsMifegymiso
dc.subject.keywordsRU-486
dc.subject.keywordsmifepristone
dc.subject.keywordsabortion pill
dc.subject.keywordssurgical abortion
dc.subject.keywordsprocedural abortion
dc.subject.keywordsaspiration abortion
dc.subject.keywordsaccess
dc.subject.keywordsbarriers
dc.subject.keywordssupport
dc.subject.keywordswomen's health
dc.subject.keywordsreproduction
dc.subject.keywordspublic policy
dc.subject.keywordscritical feminist
dc.subject.keywordsfeminist
dc.subject.keywordsreproductive experiences
dc.subject.keywordswomen
dc.subject.keywordsreproductive health
dc.subject.keywordsreproductive rights
dc.subject.keywordssocial justice
dc.subject.keywordsreproductive justice
dc.subject.keywordsmotherhood
dc.subject.keywordsinstitution of motherhood
dc.subject.keywordsmothering
dc.subject.keywordsmother
dc.subject.keywordspregnancy
dc.subject.keywordsunexpected pregnancy
dc.subject.keywordsnursing
dc.subject.keywordspronatalism
dc.subject.keywordsantinatalism
dc.subject.keywordsprivilege
dc.subject.keywordsCanada
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian.
dc.titleCanadian Women's Contemporary Experiences Accessing Abortion
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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