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• Title: Moving from Judgment to Empathy: Lessons from the States
• Author : Margaret Conway
• Release Date : January 01, 2010
• Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 55 KB

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Anyone who reads the news or follows politics knows that this country is increasingly portrayed as divided starkly down the middle on most issues, and abortion is no exception. Nuanced rhetoric is thrown out of the window for combative sound bites that boost readership or ratings. In truth, though, we know the reality of how people feel about reproductive health issues--including sexuality, unintended pregnancy, and abortion--is quite complex and can change over a person's lifetime. For example, many people who are not strongly either pro- or anti-choice may believe an abortion can be both a source of grief or regret, and also be the right decision for a woman to make. People may sincerely believe life begins at conception, yet vote to keep abortion free from restrictions. Abortion is often described as "the best decision in a bad situation," yet this common sentiment is rarely acknowledged by talking heads and thought leaders on either side of the political spectrum. The Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP) invests in cutting edge, multi-disciplinary research to identify new communication approaches to help reproductive health, rights, and justice advocates connect with individuals who do not fall firmly on one side or the other of the abortion debate. Our goal is to use empathy-based messages to create a space in which our audience can reflect on the complexity of a woman's situation; support policies that allow a woman to make the best decision for herself; and reject restrictions on women's options around pregnancy, childbirth, and abortion. We call the framework for this work "Moving from Judgment to Empathy." This phrase reflects a key problem--the spectacular tendency of people to judge a woman who experiences an unplanned pregnancy--and a key strategy--an effort to move people to a more empathetic position where they are less likely to judge a woman's decision based on preconceived stereotypes about women who experience an unintended pregnancy and seek abortion. The core features of the "Moving from Judgment to Empathy" framework are to:

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