Religion and attitudes toward abortion and abortion policy in Brazil

CP Ogland, AP Verona - Journal for the Scientific Study of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the association between religion and attitudes toward the practice of
abortion and abortion policy in Brazil. Drawing upon data from the 2002 Brazilian Social …

Reexamination of religious influences on abortion attitudes

E Woodrum, BL Davison - Review of religious research, 1992 - JSTOR
Prior research indicates religious variables and moral attitudes toward sexuality powerfully
affect abortion attitudes. This study addresses why religious variables are so influential for …

Religion, values and attitudes toward abortion

RJ Harris, EW Mills - Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1985 - JSTOR
Previous research has shown that religion, especially intensity of involvement, is associated
with attitudes toward possible reasons for abortion. Support for abortion in response to …

Attitudes toward abortion among religious traditions in the United States: Change or continuity?

JP Hoffmann, SM Johnson - Sociology of Religion, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Abortion continues to be a highly contentious issue in the United States, with few signs of
abatement. The goal of this paper is to specify how variable positions about abortion across …

Through tinted glasses: Religion, worldviews, and abortion attitudes

MO Emerson - Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1996 - JSTOR
We lack knowledge on factors intervening between religion and abortion attitudes.
Consequently, how religion is associated with abortion attitudes, the full impact of religion …

Religion and Abortion Attitudes Among US Hispanics: Findings from the 1990 Latino National Political Survey*

CG Ellison, S Echevarria, B Smith - Social Science Quarterly, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. The goal of this article is to examine the relationship between religious
involvement, gauged mainly in terms of affiliation and frequency of attendance at services …

Religious determinants of state abortion policy

RE O'Connor, MB Berkman - Social Science Quarterly, 1995 - JSTOR
Objective. The research explores the impact of Roman Catholic and conservative Protestant
churches on state abortion policy. Methods. Data are state measures of membership in pro …

Religious stability, endogamy, and the effects of personal religiosity on attitudes toward abortion

JK Cochran, MB Chamlin, L Beeghley… - Sociology of …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
The influence of religion on attitudes toward abortion is now a well-studied phenomenon.
Past research has consistently shown that religious affiliation and personal religiosity are …

Cross-cultural attitudes toward abortion: Greeks versus Americans

SJ Bahr, AC Marcos - Journal of Family Issues, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Using data from 1,494 Greeks and 1,993 Americans, this study finds that social abortion
attitudes are a separate dimension from physical abortion attitudes. According to our …

Attitudes toward abortion among US Catholics: Another case of symbolic politics?

MR Welch, DC Leege, JC Cavendish - Social science quarterly, 1995 - JSTOR
Objective. Although American's attitudes toward abortion have been a topic of great interest
for the last thirty years, their relationship to processes involving symbolic politics has not …