Brandon L. Crawford, PhD

Assistant Professor of Applied Health Science


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Department of Applied Health Science

School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington



Do Fetal Development Markers Influence Attitudes toward Abortion Legality?


Journal article


Xiana Bueno, K. LaRoche, Brandon L. Crawford, R. Turner, Wen-Juo Lo, K. Jozkowski
Social Currents, 2022

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Bueno, X., LaRoche, K., Crawford, B. L., Turner, R., Lo, W.-J., & Jozkowski, K. (2022). Do Fetal Development Markers Influence Attitudes toward Abortion Legality? Social Currents.


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Bueno, Xiana, K. LaRoche, Brandon L. Crawford, R. Turner, Wen-Juo Lo, and K. Jozkowski. “Do Fetal Development Markers Influence Attitudes toward Abortion Legality?” Social Currents (2022).


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Bueno, Xiana, et al. “Do Fetal Development Markers Influence Attitudes toward Abortion Legality?” Social Currents, 2022.


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@article{xiana2022a,
  title = {Do Fetal Development Markers Influence Attitudes toward Abortion Legality?},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Social Currents},
  author = {Bueno, Xiana and LaRoche, K. and Crawford, Brandon L. and Turner, R. and Lo, Wen-Juo and Jozkowski, K.}
}

Abstract

In the United States, legislation intended to limit abortion access based on fetal development markers (e.g., heartbeat, fetal pain) has become increasingly common. We found that people’s support for legal abortion decreases when survey items mention fetal developmental markers compared with items that do not. However, the majority of participants supported access to legal abortion in health-related circumstances or pregnancies as a result of rape at the detection of a fetal heartbeat. Using terms that personify the fetus may evoke responses from participants that limit their endorsement of abortion. Thus, including this terminology in the public and political discourse seems to influence abortion attitudes. This might have implications related to electoral outcomes which eventually determine whether pregnant people are guaranteed access to abortion.

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