For more than two decades, legal abortion has been the subject of heated political debate
and adversarial social movement activity; however, national polls have shown little change …

Background Arguments that abortion causes women emotional harm are used to regulate
abortion, particularly later procedures, in the United States. However, existing research is …

In the United States, legislation intended to limit abortion access based on fetal development
markers (eg, heartbeat, fetal pain) has become increasingly common. We found that …

Background Abortion stigma likely affects the terminology abortion patients, providers and
the public use or avoid using to refer to abortion care. Knowing the terminology people …

We explored between-country and within-country variability in abortion attitudes, using
country-level factors (eg, gender equality) and individual-level factors (eg, gender role …

Abortion attitudes are influenced by various factors including the context surrounding an
abortion and perceivers' characteristics. This study's purpose was to determine if past …

Public attitudes toward abortion have long been an issue in American political debates.
Theoretical understanding of influences on abortion attitudes may assist researchers in …

Rather unexpectedly, prior work has failed to find consistent gender differences in public
support for legal abortion. Given that gender differences in public opinion emerge for a wide …

Background Legislative and judicial procedures related to banning abortion after 6 weeks of
gestation in Ohio occurred from November 2018 to July 2019. These activities could have …

Long-running surveys need a systematic way to reflect social change and to keep items
relevant to respondents, especially when they ask about controversial subjects, or they …