Research objectives: to compare pre-termination of pregnancy counselling in two countries in which abortion is legal (South Africa and United Kingdom); to investigate how counsellors manage these sensitive interactions – with a focus on information provision and decision-making.

Nature of project: multi-institutional (RU, University of York), multi-disciplinary (Psychology, Politics, Sociology).

Methodology: Pre-termination of pregnancy counselling sessions will be recorded; data will be analysed using conversation analysis.

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