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Despite the right for women to have an abortion, abortion is stigmatized in the United States, and abortion recipients usually choose to conceal their abortion. Recently, activists who have had abortions have spoken out in support of the pro-choice movement and to destigmatize abortion. While abortion is discussed as a political issue on college campuses, college students rarely discuss abortion in a personal sense. This study used quantitative and qualitative methodologies to examine if and how abortion stigma exists at a liberal arts college. Considering factors, including race, religion, and social class, and discovered that, while students from religious families have a more difficult time disclosing their (potential) pregnancies, right-leaning students have conservative abortion views with their personal experiences unaffected. Furthermore, people don’t talk about abortion because it's perceived as a failure for not practicing safe sex, but they ignore the reality that having access to contraception and sex education is a privilege that some people may not have.

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