We examined public opinion regarding unique aspects of abortion legality to better
understand potential contexts in which stigma may occur and the extent that people (a) …

Women-centered anti-abortion rhetoric, grounded in ostensibly positive beliefs that pregnant
people are precious objects who must be protected from having abortions, has proliferated …

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 …

Abstract Objective Since the US Supreme Court eliminated the federal right to abortion,
there is a heightened need to understand public opinion about the criminalization of people …

Although media response to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision
was widespread in the United States, the extent to which people were aware of the …

Background Attitudes toward abortion have historically been characterized via dichotomized
labels, yet research suggests that these labels do not appropriately encapsulate beliefs on …

Abstract Context Guided by the Civic Voluntarism Model (CVM), we examined (1) people's
lifetime engagement in abortion-related activism behaviors prior to Justice Kavanaugh's …

Objectives We examined people's (1) attitudes about abortion using an item from Pew
Research Center (ie, whether abortion should be legal in all cases, legal in most cases …

Abstract Objective Guided by the Reasoned Action Approach, we used a salient belief
elicitation (SBE) to elicit participant‐generated beliefs regarding abortion. SBE is a formative …

This study examines the relationship between perceptions of pregnancy and fetal milestone
timing and support for abortion bans. Using survey data collected from a representative …