Catriona Macleod

Bloomer, Fiona; O’Dowd, Kellie; Macleod, Catriona, Breaking the silence on abortion: the role of adult community abortion education in fostering resistance to norms

In societies with anti-abortion norms, such as Northern Ireland, little is known about how these norms may be resisted by the adult population. The authors argue that resistance to religious and patriarchal norms can be fostered through adult community abortion education. They see this resistance as multi-faceted and bolstered by reference to lived experience. It does not necessarily involve abandoning religious beliefs.