Attitudes Toward Selective Abortion: The Role of Prenatal Diagnosis and Prognosis

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dc.coverageDOI: 10.1002/pd.6892
dc.creatorRodríguez, Cristián G.
dc.creatorChoolani, Mahesh
dc.creatorIllanes, Sebastián E.
dc.date2025
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-18T19:45:48Z
dc.date.available2025-11-18T19:45:48Z
dc.description<p>Objective: To study variation in moral attitudes toward selective abortion in cases of prenatal diagnosis of a disability in the general population. Methods: 926 participants completed a survey in which they expressed their moral views regarding a person's decision to have an abortion following a prenatal diagnosis of a disability. Results: people morally endorsed selective abortion over the control condition (no diagnosis of disability); diagnoses of motor disability and sensorial disabilities were associated with stronger support for selective abortion; variations in prognoses about the expected social relationality and physical pain did not alter substantially the moral acceptance of selective abortion. Conclusions: people view selective abortion after a prenatal diagnosis of a disability as more morally acceptable than abortion without a diagnosis; however, predicting future impairments does not appear to influence support for pregnancy termination.</p>eng
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/1f6e429c-5154-409d-b6ca-aff3864e291c
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uandes.cl/handle/uandes/54165
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.source(2025)
dc.subjectabortion attitudes
dc.subjectdisability
dc.subjectprenatal diagnosis
dc.subjectselective abortion
dc.titleAttitudes Toward Selective Abortion: The Role of Prenatal Diagnosis and Prognosiseng
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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