For decades, the Pro-Life Movement has worked tirelessly to respond to women facing unexpected pregnancies and defend legal protections for the preborn, but new research suggests that the prevalence of abortion reflects a deeper cultural crisis related to relational trust and commitment in modern relationships.
Existing data shows women choose abortion for a variety of complex reasons that are largely multi-factorial. However, many frequently cite relational instability or unreliability of the father as a contributing factor in their decision. In addition, the CDC reports that 87% of women seeking abortions are unmarried, and many are not in a serious relationship with the father of the child.
Abortion research has focused almost exclusively on women’s experiences, but new research from Vitae Foundation into men’s emotional responses to unexpected pregnancy revealed that the quality of the relationship with the mother was one of the strongest predictors of how men responded to the possibility of parenthood.
Originally Published in Life News – Read the Article Here
Author: Barb Adamson