Abortion in the United States and Canada: A Comparative Study of Public Opinion
Editors
Ted G. Jelen; Marthe A. Chandler
Document Type
Chapter
Publication Date
6-30-1994
Publication Title
Abortion Politics in the United States and Canada: Studies in Public Opinion
Publisher
Praeger
Edition
1
First page number:
131
Last page number:
143
Abstract
This edited collection examines various aspects of the explosive abortion issue in the United States and Canada. In both countries, decisions of the national supreme court have made access to legal abortion easier than had previously been the case. This volume looks at the aftermath of Roe v. Wade in the U.S. and Morgantaler v. Regina in Canada. Individual chapters deal with the rhetoric of public discourse, public opinion at the mass level, political reasoning on the part of religious and pro-life activists, and the role of religion in political socialization on the abortion issue. Methodologically, the volume includes survey research, content analysis, participant observation, and political theory. The list of contributors includes some of the leading political scientists and sociologists working in the field.
Disciplines
American Politics | Comparative Politics | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Political Science | Women's Studies
Language
English
Repository Citation
Jelen, T. G.,
Chandler, M. A.,
Cook, E. A.,
Wilcox, C.
(1994).
Abortion in the United States and Canada: A Comparative Study of Public Opinion. In Ted G. Jelen; Marthe A. Chandler,
Abortion Politics in the United States and Canada: Studies in Public Opinion
131-143.
Praeger.
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