Entre el pecado y la redención: imaginarios sociales relacionados con el aborto en jóvenes que lo han practicado o no en la ciudad de Bogotá

Abstract

Colombia has shown an increase in the contribution of the group of 15 to 24 years in the fertility rate that has increased for this group by 19.4% to 2013. The decision on whether or not to have children in this age range is the result of the convergence between singular (beliefs), particular (collective images) and structural (the interpretation of reality) conditions that orient social imaginary and actions, and can be considered as a crisis for young women in our society. This research gathers the main narratives around abortion built by a group of 4 young people who opted for this practice and another 4 young people who did not accept it as an option and are currently mothers. From a qualitative approach, a narrative design of topics and using individual and group interviews as tools, the construction of imaginaries defined as “a key condition in the interpretation of communication in today's society” was analyzed. The main findings indicate that the construction of imaginary in the cases where abortion was most related to the evaluation of singular aspects in decision making (education, economics) while in cases where pregnancy was carried out aspects such as collective images (fear of the reaction of significant referents) and the interpretation of reality (criticism of society) were more taken into account for the decision making.