Since 2010, many of the policies emerging in the states are designed around the idea of “abortion regret;” a scientifically discredited assertion that abortion causes long-term health problems for women. Studies have examined the legal significance of regret claims in case law, and the role scientific misinformation and uncertainty have in the policy process. However, scholars have given less attention to the intersection between abortion regret experiences and misinformation. We address this gap in the literature by examining how antiabortion activists' experiential knowledge continues to reinforce and legitimize misinformation contained in state policies. We explore the process of substantiating abortion regret misinformation by its attachment to activists' experiential expertise. Based on twenty-three interviews with antiabortion activists, we argue that misinformation receives validation through the certainty of experiential knowledge, which activists mobilize around and use as a source of evidence in the policy process. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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“我们是可见的证据”：通过活动家的经验知识使堕胎后悔错误信息合法化

2010年以来，各州出台的许多政策都是围绕着“堕胎后悔”的想法而设计的；一种科学上不可信的断言，即堕胎会导致妇女的长期健康问题。研究检查了判例法中后悔索赔的法律意义，以及科学错误信息和不确定性在政策过程中的作用。然而，学者们对堕胎后悔经历和错误信息之间的交叉关注较少。我们通过研究反堕胎活动家的经验知识如何继续强化国家政策中包含的错误信息并使之合法化来解决文献中的这一空白。我们通过对活动家的经验专业知识的依恋来探索证实堕胎后悔错误信息的过程。基于对反堕胎活动家的 23 次采访，我们认为错误信息通过经验知识的确定性获得验证，活动家在政策过程中动员并用作证据来源。本文受版权保护。版权所有。