Male attitudes toward abortion: An analysis of urban survey data
✍ Scribed by Akin Adebayo
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 669 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0303-8300
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✦ Synopsis
Utilizing data from Edmonton Area Surveys of 1977Surveys of , 1984Surveys of , and 1987, this , this paper examines the attitudes of Canadian men toward the contentious issue of abortion. Respondents were presented with various different circumstances for abortion and asked to indicate the conditions in which they feel women ought to or ought not to be allowed to obtain a legal abortion. Findings reveal that attitudes toward abortion vary greatly depending upon the criteria for abortion.
Endangering the mother's health elicited the most favourable attitude toward abortion between 1977 and 1987. The findings also depict a slight trend toward greater opposition to legalized abortion on the grounds of possible birth defect, while the approval of legal abortion on the grounds of rape increased marginally during the tenyear period. The paper goes further to examine socio-demographic variations in attitudes toward abortion. Some of the neglected issues that will likely make future Canadian abortion legislation impotent are also discussed. * p < 0.05. ** p < 0.01. *** p < 0.001. * p < 0.05. ** p < 0.01. *** p < 0.001.