Publications concerning Men and Abortion

 

 

Benvenuti, P., Borri, P., Buzzoni, P., Clerici, L. & Rossi Monti, M. (1983).  Abortion and the man: Psychological and psychopathological  manifestations in the face of lost fatherhood.  Rivista di Patologia Nervosa e Mentale, 104 (6), 255-268. 

Berger, J. (1994). The psychotherapeutic treatment of male homosexuality.   American Journal of Psychotherapy, 48 (2), 251-261. 

Blumberg, B.D., Golbus, M.S. & Hanson, K.H. (1975). The psychological sequelae of abortion performed for a genetic indication. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 122 (7), 799-808. 

Brake E. (2005). Fatherhood and child support: Do men have a right to choose?  Journal of Applied Philosophy, 22 (1), 55-73. 

Buchanan, M. & Robbins, C. (1990). Early adult psychological consequences for  males of adolescent pregnancy and its resolution. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 19 (4), 413-424.  

Coleman, P.K. & Nelson, E.S. (1998). The quality of abortion decisions andcollege students’ reports of post-abortion emotional sequelae and abortion attitudes. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 17 (4), 425-442. 

Coyle, C.T. & Enright, R.D. (1997). Forgiveness intervention with postabortion men. Journal of  Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, (6), 1042-1046. 

Coyle, C.T. (2007). Men and abortion: A review of empirical reports. Internet Journal of Mental Health, 3 (2), ISSN: 1531-2941. 

Coyle, C.T. (Winter 2006). An online pilot study to investigate the effects of abortion on men. Association for Research in Values and Social Change, 19(1), 1-7. 

DuBois-Bonnefond, J. & Galle-Tessonneau, J. (1982). Psychopathological effects of voluntary termination of pregnancy on a father called up for military service. Psychologie Medicale, 14 (8), 1187-1189. 

Francke, L.B. (1978). Abortion and men. Esquire, September, 58-60. 

Gordon, R.A. & Kilpatrick, C. (1977).  A program of group counseling for men who accompany women seeking legal abortions. Community Mental Health Journal, 13 (4), 291-295. 

Gordon, R.A. (1978). Efficacy of a group crisis-counseling program for men accompanying women seeking abortions. American Journal of Community Psychology, 6 (3), 239-246. 

Harris, G. W. (1986). Fathers and fetuses. Ethics 96, 594-603. 

Holmberg, L.I. & Wahlberg, V. (2000).  The process of decision-making on abortion: A grounded theory study of young men in Sweden. Journal of Adolsecent Health, 26, 230-234. 

Holmes, M.C. (2004). Reconsidering a “woman’s issue:” Psychotherapy and one man’s postabortion experiences. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 58 (1), 103-115. 

Jones, O.W., Penn, N.E., Shuchter, S., Stafford, C.A., Richards, T., Kernahan, C., Gutierrez, J. Cherkin, P., Reinsch, S. & Dixson, B. (1984). Parental response to mid-trimester therapeutic abortion following amniocentesis. Prenatal Diagnosis, 4 (4), 249-256.  

Kalish, S. (2004).  Lingering thoughts about abortion. Psychology Today, 37 (3), 14-16. 

Kero, A., Lalos, A., Hogberg, U. & Jacobsson, L. (1999). The male partner involved in legal abortion. Human Reproduction, 14 (10), 2669-2675. 

Kero, A. & Lalos, A. (2000). Ambivalence – a logical response to legal abortion: A prospective study among women and men. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 21 (2), 81-91. 

Kero, A. & Lalos, A. (2004). Reactions and reflections in men, 4 and 12 months post-abortion. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 25 (2), 135-143. 

Lauzon, P., Roger-Achim, D., Achim, A. & Boyer, R. (2000). Emotional distress Among couples involved in first-trimester induced abortions. Canadian Family Physician, October (46), 2033-2040. 

Major, B., Cozzarelli, C., Testa, M., & Mueller, P. (1992). Male partners’ appraisals of undesired pregnancy and abortion: Implications for women’s adjustment to abortion. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 22, 599- 614.           

Mattinson, J. (1985). The effects of abortion on a marriage. Abortion: Medical Progress and social implications, Ciba Foundation Symposium, 115, 165-177.  

Milling, E. (1975, April).  The men who wait. Woman’s Life, 48-89, 69-71. 

Myburgh, M., Gmeiner, A. & van Wyk, S. (2001). Support for adult biological fathers during termination of their partners’ pregnancies. Health SA Gesondheid, 6 (1), 38-48. 

Naziri, D. (2007). Man’s involvement in the experience of abortion and the dynamics of the couple’s relationship: A clinical study. The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, 12 (2), 168-174. 

Patterson, J. (1982). Whose freedom of choice? Sometimes it takes two to untangle. The Progressive, 46 (1), 42-45. 

Poggenpoel, M. & Myburgh, C.P.H. (2002). The developmental implications of a termination of pregnancy on adolescents with reference to the girl and her partner. Education, 122 (4), 731-741. 

Robbins, C.A. & Streetman, L.G. (1994). Resolution of nonmarital adolescent pregnancy and the transition to adulthood: Educational attainment and financial well-being. Policy Studies Review, 13 (1/2), 141-156. 

Robson FM. (2002). “Yes!-A chance to tell my side of the story’: a case study of a male partner of a woman undergoing termination of pregnancy for foetal abnormality. Journal of Health Psychology, 7 (2), 183-193. 

Reich, J.A. & Brandis, C.D. ( 2006). Conceiving risk and responsibility: A Qualitative Examination of men’s experiences of unintended pregnancy and abortion. International Journal of Men’s Health, Vol. 5, No. 2, 133–152. 

Rothstein, A. (1977) Abortion: A dyadic perspective. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 47 (1) 111-118. 

Rothstein, A. (1977). Men’s reactions to their partners’ elective abortions. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 128 (8), 831-837. 

Rothstein, A. (1978). Adolescent males: fatherhood and abortion. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 7 (2), 203-214. 

Rothstein, A.  (1991). Male experience of elective abortion: Psychoanalytic perspectives. In N. L. Stotland (Ed.) Psychiatric aspects of abortion (pp. 145-158). Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Association. 

Rue, V. M. (1984). Abortion: A crisis to be shared. In D. Andrusko (Eds.) To Rescue the Future. Washington, D.C.: Life Cycle Publishing.

Rue, V. M. (1985). Abortion in relationship context.  International Review of Natural Family Planning, 9 (2), 95 -121.

Rue, V.M. (1996). The effects of abortion on men. Ethics and Medics, 21 (4), 3-4.

Shostak, A. (1979). Abortion as fatherhood lost: Problems and reforms. The Family Coordinator, 28 (4), 569-574. 

Shostak, A. (1983). Men and abortion: Three neglected ethical aspects. Humanity and Society, 7 (1), 66-85. 

Shostak, A. &  McLouth, G. (1984). Men and abortion: Lessons, losses, and love. New York: Praeger. 

Shostak, A. (1987). Motivations of abortion clinic waiting room males: “Bottledup” roles and unmet needs. In M. Kimmel (Ed.), Changing men: New directions in research on men and masculinity (pp. 185–197) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 

Shostak, A. (2007). Men, me and abortion. Men and Masculinities, X (X), DOI: 10.1177/1097184X06299042.  

White-van Mourik, M.C., Cooper, J.M. & Ferguson-Smith, M.A. (1992).  The psychological sequelae of a second-trimester termination of pregnancy for abnormality. Prenatal Diagnosis, 12 (3), 189-204. 

 

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