Abortions in general, and second trimester abortions in particular, are experiences which in many contexts have limited sociocultural visibility. Research on second trimester abortion worldwide has focused on a range of associated factors including risks and acceptability of abortion methods, and characteristics and decision-making of women seeking the procedure. Scholarship to date has not adequately addressed the embodied physicality of second trimester abortion, from the perspective of women’s lived experiences, nor how these experiences might inform future framings of abortion. To progress understandings of women’s embodied experiences of second trimester abortion, we draw on the accounts of 18 women who had recently sought second trimester abortion in Scotland. We address four aspects of their experiences: later recognition of pregnancy; experiences of a second trimester pregnancy which ended in abortion; the “labour” of second trimester abortion; and the subsequent bodily transition. The paper has two key aims: Firstly, to make visible these experiences, and to consider how they relate to dominant sociocultural narratives of pregnancy; and secondly, to explore the concept of “liminality” as one means for interpreting them. Our findings contribute to informing future research, policy and practice around second trimester abortion. They highlight the need to maintain efforts to reduce silences around abortion and improve equity of access.

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女性孕中期药物流产的具体体验

一般的堕胎，尤其是孕中期的堕胎，在许多情况下都具有有限的社会文化知名度。全世界对妊娠中期流产的研究集中在一系列相关因素，包括流产方法的风险和可接受性，以及寻求手术的妇女的特征和决策。从女性的生活经历的角度来看，迄今为止的学术研究还没有充分解决妊娠中期堕胎的具体身体问题，也没有充分解决这些经历如何为未来的堕胎框架提供信息。为了加深对女性在孕中期流产的具体体验的理解，我们借鉴了最近在苏格兰寻求孕中期流产的 18 名女性的叙述。我们从四个方面阐述他们的经历： 以后承认怀孕；妊娠中期以流产告终的经历；孕中期流产的“劳动”；以及随后的身体转变。这篇论文有两个主要目标：首先，让这些经历可见，并考虑它们与怀孕的主要社会文化叙述之间的关系；其次，探索“阈限”的概念作为解释它们的一种手段。我们的研究结果有助于为未来关于妊娠中期堕胎的研究、政策和实践提供信息。他们强调有必要继续努力减少对堕胎的沉默并提高获得公平的机会。并考虑它们如何与怀孕的主流社会文化叙述相关联；其次，探索“阈限”的概念作为解释它们的一种手段。我们的研究结果有助于为未来关于妊娠中期堕胎的研究、政策和实践提供信息。他们强调有必要继续努力减少对堕胎的沉默并提高获得公平的机会。并考虑它们如何与怀孕的主流社会文化叙述相关联；其次，探索“阈限”的概念作为解释它们的一种手段。我们的研究结果有助于为未来关于妊娠中期堕胎的研究、政策和实践提供信息。他们强调有必要继续努力减少对堕胎的沉默并提高获得公平的机会。