Causes and Consequences of Public Attitudes toward Abortion: A Review and Research Agenda

This article provides a critical review of empirical research on attitudes toward abortion among mass publics in the United States, with a view toward suggesting promising avenues for future research. We identify three such themes: Accounting for pro-life movement among mass attitudes in recent year...

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Published in:Political research quarterly 2003-12, Vol.56 (4), p.489-500
Main Authors: Jelen, Ted G., Wilcox, Clyde
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Catholicism
Gender roles
Legal abortion
Political attitudes
Political debate
Political parties
Political partisanship
Political research
Pro choice movement
Pro life movement
Public Opinion
Social conditions & trends
Social research
United States of America
Womens rights movements
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Summary:This article provides a critical review of empirical research on attitudes toward abortion among mass publics in the United States, with a view toward suggesting promising avenues for future research. We identify three such themes: Accounting for pro-life movement among mass attitudes in recent years, when the composition of the U.S. population would seem to trend in a pro-choice direction; explaining the sources of party polarization of the abortion issue; and anticipating changes in abortion attitudes which might result from public debate over human cloning.
ISSN:1065-9129
1938-274X
DOI:10.1177/106591290305600410