Hablan las madres. La parte menos contada del aborto voluntario / Mother talk. Part unless told of voluntary abortion

El objetivo del artículo ha sido explorar las experiencias ligadas al síndrome postaborto en madres que se han sometido a un aborto voluntario. Se utilizó un enfoque fenomenológico de carácter cualitativo que recogiera las experiencias de las madres que se habían sometido a una interrupción voluntaria de su embarazo. La técnica de investigación fueron las entrevistas semiestructuradas realizadas a mujeres que habían contactado con diferentes asociaciones de ayuda de la Región de Murcia en busca de apoyo tras experimentar síntomas compatibles con el síndrome postaborto. Los testimonios hablan de mujeres que se aferran a argumentos utilitaristas o feministas para autojustificar la decisión de abortar, hablan de un sistema, en cierta medida, mercantilista que no parece tener una intencionalidad real de dar verdaderas opciones de vida. Muestra una experiencia que lejos de vivirse como un acto de libertad femenino se vive de manera traumática, desarrollándose toda una cascada sintomática fruto del sentimiento de pérdida. En este contexto, el recurso a lo espiritual se torna en la mejor herramienta para expiar la culpa. La experiencia de abortar no mejora la vida de las mujeres, muy lejos de ello supone un trauma difícil de olvidar que puede ser evitado con un asesoramiento adecuado que no aboque a las madres a la tragedia del aborto

The aim of the study was to investigate the experiences linked to the post-abortion syndrome in mothers who have had a voluntary abortion. A phenomenological qualitative approach to collect the experiences of mothers who had voluntarily interrupted their pregnancy was used. The research technique was the semistructured interviews with women who had contacted different association’s help of the Murcia region for support after experiencing symptoms consistent with post-abortion syndrome. The testimonies show feminist or utilitarian arguments to justify the decision to abort, they talk about a system, to some extent, mercantilist that has no real intention of giving real life choices. Experience shows that far from lived as an act of female freedom is experienced traumatically, developed symptoms following the sense of loss. In this context, the resource spiritual becomes the best tool to expiate guilt. The experience of abortion does not improve the lives of women; far from it is a trauma that can be avoided with proper advice to avoid the tragedy of abortion

[Mothers Talk. Part Unless Told of Voluntary Abortion]. / Hablan Las Madres. la Parte Menos Contada Del Aborto Voluntario.

The aim of the study was to investigate the experiences linked to the post-abortion syndrome in mothers who have had a voluntary abortion. A phenomenological qualitative approach to collect the experiences of mothers who had voluntarily interrupted their pregnancy was used. The research technique was the semistructured interviews with women who had contacted different association's help of the Murcia region for support after experiencing symptoms consistent with post-abortion syndrome. The testimonies show feminist or utilitarian arguments to justify the decision to abort, they talk about a system, to some extent, mercantilist that has no real intention of giving real life choices. Experience shows that far from lived as an act of female freedom is experienced traumatically, developed symptoms following the sense of loss. In this context, the resource spiritual becomes the best tool to expiate guilt. The experience of abortion does not improve the lives of women; far from it is a trauma that can be avoided with proper advice to avoid the tragedy of abortion.