Practice What You Preach
Complicating the Relationship among Christian Religious Identity, Abortion Attitudes, and Reported Abortion Experiences among Canadians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13103643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lexie Milmine (0009-0001-2799-9817, McMaster University, corresponding author), Tina Fetner (0000-0003-4073-073X, McMaster University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2378-0231 • E-ISSN: 2378-0231 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/23780231241245843 |
| OpenAlex | W4396753058 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Abortion providers often report having patients who describe abortion as immoral, even while accessing abortion care. According to these anecdotes, antiabortion identities, frequently depicted as tied to religious identities, are not necessarily reflected in individuals’ lived experiences. Yet social science research and political rhetoric tend to suggest a straightforward connection between religion and antiabortion beliefs and practices. The authors ask, does religion have a greater impact on attitudes toward abortion than on personal decisions to terminate one’s own pregnancy? Using an original survey of Canadian women ( n = 1,181), the authors examine religious affiliation and attendance, abortion attitudes, and self-reported abortion experience. Religious affiliation and attendance predict abortion attitudes to a greater extent than they predict abortion behavior. The authors use Burke’s concept of polysemic categories to argue that personal meanings of religious affiliation may be more salient for attitudes toward abortion than for the personal decision to access abortion care
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Causes and Consequences of Public Attitudes Toward Abortion
Complexity in Attitudes Toward Abortion Access
Pro-choice and Pro-life Are Not Enough
Social and cultural determinants of attitudes toward abortion
Examining Public Opinion about Abortion
Arguing Abortion
Gender, Religion, and Pro-Life Activism
Religion, Beliefs about Human Life, and the Abortion Decision
Stasis and Sorting of Americans' Abortion Opinions
Sexual Orientation and Social Attitudes
Sampling Weights and Regression Analysis
SSSR Presidential Address Rain Dances in the Dry Season
The False Dichotomy of Sex and Religion in America
Understanding Americans' abortion attitudes
The effects of religious contextual norms, structural constraints, and personal religiosity on abortion decisions
Male attitudes toward abortion
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |