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Conscientious Objection to the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy: Motivations that go beyond Moral and Religious Beliefs in Chilean Health Professionals

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No. 17 (2022): Junio
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2022.67663

Abstract

In Chile, conscientious objection (CO) is an obstacle to guarantee access to voluntary interruption of pregnancy (IVE) for women, due to the high number of objectors in public health services, who object due to a conflict of conscience between medical practice and moral or religious beliefs. The objective of this study is to understand health care professionals’ different motivations for becoming conscientious objectors. To meet this objective, we draw on theories from social psychology and feminism to analyze interviews with medical and non medical professionals of the Araucanía Region’s public health service. We identified motivations that do not qualify as moral or religious beliefs, such as workings, distrust in the criteria of the woman requesting the IVE and colleagues, or the fear of legal problems. We conclude that CO is constituted by factors influenced by personal beliefs and values, as well as by contextual and relational factors, generating a conscientious pseudo-objection (CP-O) statement, which further limits women's access to IVE.

Keywords:

Reproductive Rights, Induced Abortion, Therapeutic Abortion, Pseudo, Conscientious Objection

Author Biographies

Carolina Alveal-Álamos, Universidad de la Frontera

Licenciada en Sociología. Doctorante en Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

Beatriz Pérez Sánchez, Universidad de la Frontera

Licenciada en Psicología. Doctora en Psicología. Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo,
España.  Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de La Frontera. Autora de
Correspondencia 

Augusto Obando Cid, Universidad de la Frontera

Licenciado en Matronería. Licenciado en Educación. Magíster en Ciencias Sociales Aplicadas. Doctor
en Procesos Sociales y Políticos en América Latina. Doctor en Ciencias Sociales. Departamento Salud
Pública, Universidad de La Frontera.

Lindsey Carte, Universidad de la Frontera

Licenciada en Estudios Latinoamericanos. Master en Estudios Latinoamericanos. Doctora en
Geografía. Núcleo Científico Tecnológico en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de La
Frontera. 

Luisa Jara Sepúlveda, Universidad de la Frontera

Educadora de Párvulos. Estudiante Magister en Psicología, Universidad de La Frontera.

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Alveal-Álamos, C. ., Pérez Sánchez, B. ., Obando Cid, A. ., Carte, L., & Jara Sepúlveda, L. (2022). Conscientious Objection to the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy: Motivations that go beyond Moral and Religious Beliefs in Chilean Health Professionals. Revista Punto Género, (17), pp. 307–344. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2022.67663
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