Lived Religion as Reproductive Decision-Making Resource Among Romanian Women Who Use Abortion as Contraception

This study shifts the perspective from the biopolitics and the bioethics of abortion toward women’s own reproductive decision-making strategies in a context of enduring traditional patriarchy. It explores the fluid and pragmatic ways in which some Romanians use the notions of “God’s will,” “sin,” “redemption,” “afterlife,” and “Godparenting” to redefine abortion as a partial ly disembodied reproductive event. As a reproductive decision-making resource, lived religion empowers women to navigate the lived complexities of conception and contraception.
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research