The Decision of Terminating Pregnancy: The Male and Female Perspective

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 91 - 102, 29.04.2023

Derya Kaya Şenol , Semiha Aydın Özkan , Pınar Çiçekoğlu Öztürk , Nevin Hotun Şahin

https://doi.org/10.47115/jshs.1091953

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the male and female perspectives
in the decision of terminating pregnancy.
Method: This descriptive study was conducted between January 2017 and May
2017. The sample, consisted of a total of 190 individuals including 100 married
women and 90 married men. The data were collected using a questionnaire including
questions about the views of women and men concerning the decision of
terminating pregnancy.
Results: 85% of the women and 63.3% of the men who participated in the study
stated that it was up to a woman to make the decision of terminating pregnancy
(p<0.05). In the study, 72% of the women stated that they had a right to terminate
pregnancy in line with their reproductive rights and 70% stated that they would
make the decision of planning pregnancy and becoming a mother themselves
(p<0.05). While 61.1% of the men in the study stated that abortion aiming to terminate
pregnancy had to be considered illegal, 37.8% of them stated that women
had to be punished after an abortion performed despite having no health problem
(p<0.05).
Conclusions and Suggestions: In the study, the women and men equally believed
that the termination of pregnancy would dispossess fetus of its right to live.
The social role and status of women should not play a dominant role, especially
in an issue where there are ethical discussions such as voluntary termination of
pregnancy, and women should be able to act independently in making decisions
regarding their own life. It may be suggested that legal regulations regarding the
termination of pregnancy be made in this direction.

Keywords

Women, man, terminating of pregnancy, gender difference.

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GEBELIĞI SONLANDIRMA KARARI: KADIN VE ERKEK PERSPEKTIFI

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı; gebeliğin sonlandırılması kararında kadın ve erkek
bakış açılarının incelenmesidir.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tipte yapılan araştırmanın verileri, Anadolu’da bir devlet
hastanesinde Ocak 2017-Mayıs 2017 tarihleri arasında toplandı. Çalışmaya evli
100 kadın, 90 erkek olmak üzere toplam 190 birey katıldı. Verilerin toplanmasında
kadınların ve erkeklerin gebelik sonlandırma kararına ilişkin görüşlerini içeren
sorulardan oluşan anket formu kullanıldı.
Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan kadınların %85’i, erkeklerin ise %63,3’ü kendi
bedenini ilgilendirdiği için gebeliği sonlandırma kararını kadının vermesi gerektiğini
belirtti (p<0,05). Çalışmada kadınların %72’si kadının üreme hakları doğrultusunda
gebeliğini sonlandırma hakkı olduğunu, %70’i gebeliğin planlanmasına
ve anneliğe kendisinin karar vereceğini belirmektedirler (p<0,05). Çalışmada erkeklerin
%61,1’i gebeliği sonlandırmak amacıyla yapılan kürtajın yasa dışı kabul
edilmesi gerektiğini belirtirken, %37,8’si hiçbir sağlık problemi olmadan yapılan
kürtaj sonrasında kadına ceza uygulanması gerektiğini ifade etmişlerdir (p<0,05).
Sonuçlar ve Öneriler: Kadın ve erkekler, gebeliğin sonlandırılmasının fetüsün
yaşam hakkından yoksun bırakacağına eşit oranda inanmaktadırlar. Özellikle istemli
olarak gebeliğin sonlandırılması gibi etik tartışmaların olduğu bir konuda
kadının toplumsal rol ve statüsü baskın rol oynamamalı ve kadın kendi yaşamına
ilişkin karar alma konusunda bağımsız davranabilmelidir. Gebeliğin sonlandırılması
ile ilgili yasal düzenlemelerin bu doğrultuda yapılması önerilebilir.

Keywords

Kadın, erkek, cinsiyetler arası fark, Gebelik Terminasyonu

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