The Lived Experience of Teen Girls’ Abortion in Taiwan | Zendy

Tsorng-Yeh Lee | Zendy; Cheng-Chen Chou | Zendy; ChinMi Chen | Zendy; Min-Hsueh Weng | Zendy; Yin-Chun Liu | Zendy

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The Lived Experience of Teen Girls’ Abortion in Taiwan

Author(s) -

Tsorng-Yeh Lee,

Cheng-Chen Chou,

ChinMi Chen,

Min-Hsueh Weng,

Yin-Chun Liu

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244014543788

Subject(s) - abortion , virginity test , psychology , lived experience , developmental psychology , social psychology , gender studies , medicine , sociology , pregnancy , genetics , psychoanalysis , biology

In-depth interviews about the experience after having an abortionwere conducted with 20 teenage girls in Taiwan. Six themes emerged by using Colaizzi’sphenomenological methodology: (a) returning to “normal” life as soon as possible, (b)seeking abortion resources, (c) neglecting post-abortion care, (d) disturbed by thefetus ghost, (e) concern about virginity loss and choices for future, and (f)re-examining relationships with partners. Teenage girls received tremendous social andmoral pressure due to their traditional cultural and social environment when they wentthrough the abortion experience. The study helps health professionals understand theexperience of those girls

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