Abortion, religion, and racial resentment: Unpacking the underpinnings of contemporary abortion attitudes

Author:

Deckman Melissa1,Elder Laurel2ORCID,Greene Steven3,Lizotte Mary‐Kate4

Affiliation:

1. Chief Executive Officer Public Religion Research Institute Washington DC DC USA

2. Department of Political Science Hartwick College Oneonta New York USA

3. Department of Political Science North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina USA

4. Department of Social Sciences Augusta University Augusta Georgia USA

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundFor many Americans, pro‐life attitudes are directly attached to their religious beliefs, especially white evangelicals. Some have argued that evangelicals came to oppose abortion not simply because of their views on the sanctity of life, but out of a growing racial resentment as government policy and society moved towards greater racial equality.ObjectivesThis study explores the relationship of evangelicalism, racial attitudes, and views on the legality of abortion to explore whether racial resentment is behind evangelical opposition to abortion.MethodsTo carry out this exploration this study employs American National Election Studies data from 2000 to 2020 and the 2020 Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) Values survey.ResultsWe find no support for the idea that racial attitudes are disproportionately correlated with the abortion views of white evangelicals. Rather, we find that racial attitudes are now correlated with views on abortion for all Americans. Where abortion attitudes are distinctive from attitudes on other policy issues is in having very strong religious determinants, suggesting that genuine religious beliefs do indeed underscore the pro‐life views of white evangelicals.ConclusionThis study provides a good baseline for understanding the relationship between racial attitudes, evangelicalism, and abortion attitudes at the cusp of the Dobbs decision overturning Constitutional protections for abortion, and should be revisited in the post Roe era.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

General Social Sciences

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