Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/95312037947
Abstract: Abortion, although previously legal for over half a century in the United States, is now one of the most politicized medical procedures and divisive topics in the nation. The study of attitudes towards abortion is important in a time where it has the power to shape the political landscape of America. Understanding who supports abortion and the explanatory factors that affects the publics opinion can be useful information for healthcare providers, educators and researchers, electoral campaigns, and grassroots organizations who are interested in advocating for abortion. The majority of existing research overwhelmingly focuses on the role that religion and political party play in shaping abortion attitudes. My project explore how income (an understudied explanatory variable) is associated with attitude towards abortion, both when the abortion is for any reason and attitude towards low-income abortions. I was interested to understand how the reason for abortion might effect the way income is associated with abortion attitude. Even after including eight other explanatory variables (including party id, religion, and education), my project suggests there is a strong positive association between income and attitude towards abortion. However my project also showed that the reason for abortion being low-income does not effect attitudes towards abortion across income-levels.
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