Conflicts Between Women's Religiosity and Sense of Free Will in the Context of Elective Abortion: A Qualitative Study in the Worst Period of Italy's COVID-19 Crisis.

As the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council working group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practise ( 54 ) emphasises, the problem of clandestine abortions is quite significant because “unsafe abortions cause the deaths of some 47,000 women each year and a further five million suffer some form of temporary or permanent disability.” From a psychological point of view, because the nature of unwanted pregnancy and subsequent abortion causes women to perceive a lack of freedom regarding the control of their lives or bodies, women often feel compelled to keep their choice a secret, or they feel delegitimized in their suffering ( 55 ).

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