title: Abortion counseling: attention to the whole woman.
abstract: Women's experience of pregnancy and abortion are examined and redefined. Abortion may be undertaken for a variety of reasons, and involves not only physical and emotional health, but also a woman's basic identity. Under restrictive norms and laws set by men, women's decision to abort is a subversive act. Recommendations are made for comprehensive services, including psychosocial counseling to help women cope with social pressures and experience abortion as an act of self-affirmation.
authors.affiliation: SI-Mujer, Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Londoño
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012945:Social Values