Encuentro de Investigadores sobre Aborto Inducido en América Latina  y el Caribe

Problematica religiosa de la mujer que aborta nbsp;- nbsp;[Religious problematics of the woman who aborts]
Encuentro de Investigadores sobre Aborto Inducido en América Latina  y el Caribe - 1994 - Encuentro de Investigadores sobre Aborto Inducido en América Latina  y el Caribe [Unpublished], Bogota Colombia, 227, [26]

Palabras claves : aborto ilegal; actitudes; anticoncepción de emergencia; aspectos psicológicos; aspectos religiosos; católicos, católicas; comportamientos; cristianismo; demandantes de aborto; determinantes; educación en planificación familiar; encuesta histórica; encuesta sobre aborto; estudio histórico; factores psicológicos; legislación; legislación del aborto; personal de salud; planificación familiar; religión; salud; servicios de atención al parto
País : America del Sur; America Del Sur; América latina; Colombia; Latina America; País en desarrollo; Sudamérica

Resumen : Although abortion is illegal in Colombia and condemned by the Catholic Church to which most of the population adheres, the actual number of abortions is believed to surpass half a million annually. This work analyzes the religious conflict of women who choose abortion despite the moral sanctions of the church. The first chapter presents statistical results of recent research on attitudes toward and incidence of abortion in Colombia. The second chapter examines past and present legal dispositions regarding abortion in Colombia and the influence of Catholic moral teachings on legislation. The next chapters examine Catholic doctrine concerning sexuality, women, and procreation, and the evolution of Catholic doctrine on the theme of abortion. The chapters identify the theological basis of doctrine in these areas through analysis and commentary on writings from the early church to the present. An attempt is then made to define the religious problem of women who abort and of the persons attending them. The results of three surveys are presented. In the first, 151 priests responded anonymously to a questionnaire concerning their treatment of abortion in confession in relation to the official position of the church and their personal views of church doctrine regarding abortion. The other two surveys sought the views of women working in two nongovernmental organizations that attend women with incomplete abortions, and of the women themselves. The objectives of the surveys were to determine whether the workers and women knew and understood church doctrine concerning abortion and the penalties for violating church doctrine, whether they perceived their actions as sinful, and if so how they reconciled their actions with church teachings. The final chapter examines the writings of some contemporary Catholic theologians whose views differ from official church doctrine. The writings are interpreted in the light of recent medical research and propositions in the field of bioethics.

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