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School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington



An Exploratory Examination of Attitudes Toward Illegal Abortion In the U.S. Through Endorsement of Various Punishments.


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Brandon L. Crawford, K. Jozkowski, Lucrecia Mena-Meléndez, R. Turner
Contraception, 2023

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Crawford, B. L., Jozkowski, K., Mena-Meléndez, L., & Turner, R. (2023). An Exploratory Examination of Attitudes Toward Illegal Abortion In the U.S. Through Endorsement of Various Punishments. Contraception.

Chicago/Turabian
Crawford, Brandon L., K. Jozkowski, Lucrecia Mena-Meléndez, and R. Turner. “An Exploratory Examination of Attitudes Toward Illegal Abortion In the U.S. Through Endorsement of Various Punishments.” Contraception (2023).

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Crawford, Brandon L., et al. “An Exploratory Examination of Attitudes Toward Illegal Abortion In the U.S. Through Endorsement of Various Punishments.” Contraception, 2023.


Abstract

We explored demographic differences in attitudes toward abortion in the case of mental health endangerment. A web-based survey was administered in English and Spanish to a sample of 1,583 participants. Using ordinal logistic regression with partial proportional odds, we regressed political affiliation, race/ethnicity, education, and religious attendance on people’s attitudes toward abortion legality when a woman’s mental health is endangered. Democrats and people affiliated outside of the Republican party, greater educational attainment, and attending religious services less than once a week were associated with greater endorsement of legal abortion in the case of mental health endangerment. Since abortion in the context of health endangerment is commonly discussed in abortion legislation, it is important for researchers to examine people’s attitudes when considering this specific abortion context.

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