RT Article
T1 Religion and Voting on Abortion Reform: A Follow-up Study
JF Journal for the scientific study of religion
VO 14
IS 2
SP 159
OP 164
A1 Richardson, James T. 1943-
A1 Fox, Sandie Wightman
A2 Fox, Sandie Wightman
LA English
YR 1975
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1668070790
AB The research relates four independent variables to the voting behavior of legislators in a western state on the question of abortion reform during three sessions of the state legialature. The four variables include religious affiliation, party, age, and rural-urban constituency. Special attention is given to religious affiliation because of the assumed saliency of abortion reform for certain religious groups. The state chosen for study has large groups of Catholics and Mormons, both of which are opposed to abortion reform on theological grounds. Results indicate that religious affiliation was a better predictor of legislative voting on abortion reform than any of the other variables.
K1 Catholicism
K1 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
K1 Congressional legislation
K1 Constituents
K1 Legislators
K1 Lower houses
K1 Religious Identity
K1 Theology
K1 voting behavior
DO 10.2307/1384738