TY - JOUR
T1 - Threats, Pressure and Veiled Coercion
T2 - Decision-Making About Induction of Labor in Ireland
AU - Huschke, Susann
AU - Davis, Pam
AU - Smith-Meagher, Róisín
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Induction of labor is an increasingly common routine intervention in most high resource maternity settings. This article focuses on the experiences of birthing people by asking to what extent they felt involved in the decision-making process to have an induction. We present qualitative findings from a national mixed methods survey, drawing on text responses from women who gave birth in Ireland between 2018 and 2023. The survey was part of a larger participatory research project on the medicalization of birth in Ireland. Our findings suggest that many women did not feel well informed, and that coercion and duress are commonplace.
AB - Induction of labor is an increasingly common routine intervention in most high resource maternity settings. This article focuses on the experiences of birthing people by asking to what extent they felt involved in the decision-making process to have an induction. We present qualitative findings from a national mixed methods survey, drawing on text responses from women who gave birth in Ireland between 2018 and 2023. The survey was part of a larger participatory research project on the medicalization of birth in Ireland. Our findings suggest that many women did not feel well informed, and that coercion and duress are commonplace.
KW - coercion
KW - consent
KW - healthcare decision-making
KW - Induction of labor
KW - participatory research
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105003273607
U2 - 10.1080/23293691.2025.2482616
DO - 10.1080/23293691.2025.2482616
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105003273607
SN - 2329-3691
VL - 12
SP - 573
EP - 592
JO - Women's Reproductive Health
JF - Women's Reproductive Health
IS - 3
ER -
