Title: [The use of fiction in antiabortion propaganda]

POPLINE Document Number: 076248

Author(s):

Granat NE
Volgina VF

Source citation:

FELDSHER I AKUSHERKA, 1991 Dec;56(12):29-33.

Abstract:

The prevention of abortion in the USSR is of prime importance in the health-oriented information for gynecologists and obstetricians. Such education incorporates the goals of strengthening the health of women, rational family planning, guaranteeing favorable pregnancy outcomes, and preventing gynecological diseases. Verbal means incorporating contemporary living speech are used most for such messages at individual and group discussions with women and at lectures that address different population groups. The emotional and factual illustration in content has to be fascinating. The literature contains numerous reference to the insuperable demands of motherhood, the infinite love of parents to children, and the tragedy of barren women. The message also has to be directed to people that women live with a husband, mother, and mother-in-law who often decide about the pregnancy. Often women seeking abortion are poorly informed about the operation, about the induced removal of the fetus from the uterus, and about different stages of embryonic development. This early embryonic development is dealt with in the novel "Airport" by Arthur Hailey. The problem of childlessness of a couple that weakens their relationship has been addressed in the poems of A. Iashin and L. Khoromorin. Antiabortion messages also need to confront sexuality of young women with warnings about promiscuity especially under the influence of alcohol; the possibility of catching sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS; the threat of abortion to reproductive health; and the importance of emotional stability and love before deciding to have a child.

Keywords:

USSR
Abortion
Promotion
Health Education
Propaganda
Developing Countries
Fertility Control, Postconception
Family Planning
Marketing
Economic Factors
Education
Communication