Why do women think about having an abortion? What are the reasons?
The situations of women experiencing a pregnancy conflict can be very different.
From Profemina’s counseling experience, we know that for most women, the decision “child or abortion” is a very deep inner conflict. Heart and mind struggle with each other, and the women feel at a loss. In most cases, women who have become unexpectedly pregnant are concerned with the question and responsibility of how they could care well for a child. They experience enormous pressure and often feel left alone.
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Circumstances make it difficult
Many women say that they would have wished for different circumstances for a pregnancy. For example, because there is no father who would help care for the child and they would be a single parent. Or because money is tight, they are still in vocational training or college, or they do not receive support from their family. This may concern a first child or another child. Some feel too young and not yet ready to become a mother. Others did not expect to become pregnant again after the age of 40 and worry that the child might be ill.
The individual situations in a pregnancy conflict are therefore very personal — yet there are main conflict reasons that are mentioned similarly by some women:
- Biographical reasons / the wrong timing
- Overload
- Problems in the relationship ¹
Based on many years of experience and regular analyses of our counseling cases, Profemina has written a comprehensive pregnancy conflict report on the backgrounds and realities of pregnant women.
ℹ️ Read now (in german): Pregnancy Conflict Report by Profemina
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