The tale of the hearts: deciding on abortion in Ethiopia
The tale of the hearts: deciding on abortion in Ethiopia
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DOI：
10.1080/13691058.2011.649495
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Middelthon, Anne-Lise
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作者：
Kebede, Meselu Taye;Hilden, Per Kristian;Middelthon, Anne-Lise
在当代埃塞俄比亚，堕胎决策是一个具有挑战性的过程，涉及道德和/或宗教困境，以及健康和安全的考虑。尽管女性婚前性行为受到广泛谴责，人工流产受到明确的道德制裁，但埃塞俄比亚年轻妇女的性行为仍然活跃，人工流产仍在寻求和实施，这可能会造成严重的身体伤害和社会耻辱。本文探讨年轻未婚埃塞俄比亚妇女的堕胎决策的叙述。特别是，它确定和探索的运作，一个特定的话语形状从内部在这样的叙述，这里描述为心灵的故事。分析的故事的心作为一个决策资源，有人认为，使我们能够探索埃塞俄比亚妇女的堕胎决策困境的特殊性，地方，历史和文化特征和文化上可用的资源，有助于他们的决议。
In contemporary Ethiopia, abortion decision-making is a challenging process involving moral and/or religious dilemmas, as well as considerations of health and safety. Amidst widespread condemnation of female premarital sex and clear moral sanction against induced abortion, young Ethiopian women are nevertheless sexually active and induced abortions are still sought and performed, with the potential for grave physical harm and social stigmatization. This paper examines young unmarried Ethiopian women's narratives of abortion decision-making. In particular, it identifies and explores the operations of a particular discursive shape from within in such narratives, here described as The tale of the hearts. Analysing The tale of the hearts as a decision-making resource, it is argued, allows us to explore the particular, local, historical and cultural character of Ethiopian women's abortion decision-making dilemmas and the culturally available resources contributing to their resolution.