Category: abortion
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Probably only 15 states would restrict most abortion if it was put to a popular vote
A few years ago Pew did a survey on attitudes to abortion by state, and you can see the results below in the table. What I want to focus on […]
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Probably only 15 states would restrict most abortion if it was put to a popular vote
A few years ago Pew did a survey on attitudes to abortion by state, and you can see the results below in the table. What I want to focus on […]
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Men and women really don’t differ in the generality on abortion
Many years ago I wrote an op-ed which reported the simple and obvious fact that there isn’t a difference between men and women when it comes to abortion as a policy issue. The only reason that the op-ed was written is that the media seem to be under the impression that women are more pro-choice…
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Men and women really don’t differ in the generality on abortion
Many years ago I wrote an op-ed which reported the simple and obvious fact that there isn’t a difference between men and women when it comes to abortion as a policy issue. The only reason that the op-ed was written is that the media seem to be under the impression that women are more pro-choice…
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Down syndrome, abortion, and genetic screening
Recently there was a stupid social media controversy about George Church and an interview on 60 Minutes. I say stupid because it seems likely many people are angry at Church’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, but the conversation ended up mostly focusing on the “eugenics” of a potential “dating app” using DNA. Well, Antonio Regalado was…
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Attitudes toward abortion and gun laws are not well correlated in the public
Because of recent tragic events there has been some talk about the relationship between abortion rights and gun laws. Basically, the idea is that those who are pro-life also reject restrictions on guns. I don’t see a strong relationship. In the GSS I limited the data to 2010 and later. I looked at the variables…
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Who rejects right to abortion in cases of rape?
It’s basically impossible to avoid hearing about Todd Akin right now. My Twitter and Facebook feeds are kind of swamped. But it did make me wonder: what percentage of Americans reject abortion in cases of rape and incest? The GSS has a handy vari…
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Polarization on abortion in the USA
Some comments below made me want to look at attitudes toward abortion in the USA by ideology over the decades. I know that political party polarization on social issues has played out mostly over the past 20 years or, but I assumed that this was less evident in ideology (mostly, liberal Republicans became Democrats and…
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Fake fact: Catholics care about abortion more than non-Catholics
Political punditry is rife with “fake facts.” Basically, empirical assertions which are false but assumed to be true. Perhaps the readership of political journalism is stupid. Perhaps the writers of political journalism are stupid. Perhaps both. No idea. So a new “series,” which I will label “fake fact,” facts assumed to be true by the…
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Creationism vs. Abortion, Left, Right, elites and the masses
As a follow up to the post below on Sarah Palin and Creationism, it strikes me that those on the Right & Republicans seem more divided and emotive on this issue than abortion. More specifically, libertarian and secular Rightists seem more likely to express their displeasure about Creationism than abortion. Why? A lot of it…