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Attitudes toward fetal development-based abortion bans in the United States

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ID9744337
AuthorsBrandon L Crawford (0000-0001-5509-5578, Indiana University, corresponding author), Kristen N Jozkowski (0000-0003-3894-5395, Indiana University), Megan Simmons (0000-0002-9023-7268, Missouri Foundation for Health, St. Louis, MO, USA), Malachi Willis (0000-0002-3173-3990, College of Education and Health Professions, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA), Kathryn J LaRoche (0000-0003-1849-4873, Indiana University), Ronna C Turner (0000-0002-2984-7649, College of Education and Health Professions, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA), Wen-Juo Lo (0000-0001-5279-8163, College of Education and Health Professions, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA)
Year2021
Volume63
Issue2
Pages1-16
Publication date2021-09-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03623319.2021.1975481
OpenAlexW3202534801
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited29

Previous research indicates that abortion attitudes may vary across different contexts, such as the reason for abortion and gestational age of the pregnancy. To expand on these findings, we examined abortion attitudes as they pertain to fetal development-based bans. Using a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, we assessed correlates of support and opposition to these types of bans and contextualized our quantitative findings by analyzing open-ended responses where participants provided the rationale for their close-ended responses. Approximately half of our sample was supportive of fetal development-based bans at implantation/fertilization or detection of a fetal heartbeat. Participants associated developmental markers with the beginning of ‘real’ life, personal responsibility, and the role of the government in legislating abortion, thereby indicating that these markers function as culturally established symbols. These interpretations are consistent with broader messaging and framing of the pro-life and pro-choice movements in the USA

Abortion · Biology · Developmental psychology · Framing (construction · Pregnancy · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology

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