“To Be or Not to Be” a Conscientious Objector to Voluntary Abortion: An Italian Web-Survey of Healthcare Workers
<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Conscientious objection to voluntary abortion remains a hot debate topic. This could affect the accessibility to pregnancy termination. Our aim is to evaluate the possible aspects related to an operators’ choice about objection for voluntary abortion, su...
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| description | <i>Background and Objectives</i>: Conscientious objection to voluntary abortion remains a hot debate topic. This could affect the accessibility to pregnancy termination. Our aim is to evaluate the possible aspects related to an operators’ choice about objection for voluntary abortion, such as the following: the abolition of the time limit, the instruction of a multi-collegiate commission, the introduction of pharmacological rather than surgical procedures, the fetal/maternal illness and the case of sexual violence. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: This is an observational, descriptive study that involves a cohort of Italian healthcare workers who answered a web-survey. <i>Results</i>: Of the total 352 respondents, only 20.8% affirmed to be objectors versus 79.2% of non-objectors. For the objectors, 72.2% declared that they would not change status in case of pharmacological abortion; 79.7% would not suspend their choice for interruption in the second trimester; 63.3% would suspend the objection with a multi-collegiate commission, and 69.0% would discontinue their objection in the case of sexual violence. 72.0% of the total participants declared that the abolition of the time limit could have a resecuring impact on women’s choice. <i>Conclusions</i>: Most operators declared that the abolition of the time limit could have beneficial effects. Among the objectors, the status would change especially with the introduction of a multi-collegiate commission, and in case of serious maternal/fetal illness and/or sexual violence. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f5d40d3c40ca43a98a2d44c0c50109a52024-12-27T14:38:44ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442024-12-016012198410.3390/medicina60121984“To Be or Not to Be” a Conscientious Objector to Voluntary Abortion: An Italian Web-Survey of Healthcare WorkersCarmen Imma Aquino0Libera Troìa1Maurizio Guida2Daniela Surico3Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Gynecology and Obstetrics, ‘Maggiore della Carità’ Hospital, 28100 Novara, ItalyDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Gynecology and Obstetrics, ‘Maggiore della Carità’ Hospital, 28100 Novara, ItalyDepartment of Neurosciences and Reproductive Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Gynecology and Obstetrics, ‘Maggiore della Carità’ Hospital, 28100 Novara, Italy<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Conscientious objection to voluntary abortion remains a hot debate topic. This could affect the accessibility to pregnancy termination. Our aim is to evaluate the possible aspects related to an operators’ choice about objection for voluntary abortion, such as the following: the abolition of the time limit, the instruction of a multi-collegiate commission, the introduction of pharmacological rather than surgical procedures, the fetal/maternal illness and the case of sexual violence. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: This is an observational, descriptive study that involves a cohort of Italian healthcare workers who answered a web-survey. <i>Results</i>: Of the total 352 respondents, only 20.8% affirmed to be objectors versus 79.2% of non-objectors. For the objectors, 72.2% declared that they would not change status in case of pharmacological abortion; 79.7% would not suspend their choice for interruption in the second trimester; 63.3% would suspend the objection with a multi-collegiate commission, and 69.0% would discontinue their objection in the case of sexual violence. 72.0% of the total participants declared that the abolition of the time limit could have a resecuring impact on women’s choice. <i>Conclusions</i>: Most operators declared that the abolition of the time limit could have beneficial effects. Among the objectors, the status would change especially with the introduction of a multi-collegiate commission, and in case of serious maternal/fetal illness and/or sexual violence.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/60/12/1984abortioninterruption of pregnancyfamily planning |
| spellingShingle | Carmen Imma Aquino Libera Troìa Maurizio Guida Daniela Surico “To Be or Not to Be” a Conscientious Objector to Voluntary Abortion: An Italian Web-Survey of Healthcare Workers Medicina abortion interruption of pregnancy family planning |
| title | “To Be or Not to Be” a Conscientious Objector to Voluntary Abortion: An Italian Web-Survey of Healthcare Workers |
| title_full | “To Be or Not to Be” a Conscientious Objector to Voluntary Abortion: An Italian Web-Survey of Healthcare Workers |
| title_fullStr | “To Be or Not to Be” a Conscientious Objector to Voluntary Abortion: An Italian Web-Survey of Healthcare Workers |
| title_full_unstemmed | “To Be or Not to Be” a Conscientious Objector to Voluntary Abortion: An Italian Web-Survey of Healthcare Workers |
| title_short | “To Be or Not to Be” a Conscientious Objector to Voluntary Abortion: An Italian Web-Survey of Healthcare Workers |
| title_sort | to be or not to be a conscientious objector to voluntary abortion an italian web survey of healthcare workers |
| topic | abortion interruption of pregnancy family planning |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/60/12/1984 |
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