The conventional wisdom on abortion is that the United States is hopelessly split down the middle, locked in a seemingly never-ending battle of morality.
We know that the abortion debate is highly emotional. When we ask people about abortion in ways that relate to emotional soundbites, or relate to their identity, they answer in line with their self-labeling as pro-choice or pro-life.
But when we ask Americans questions about abortion that frame the question with more nuance, we see not only that perspectives are more nuanced, but that they’re much more harmonious than they seem. The infographic blow shows how we can find agreement by looking for it. What might happen in your next conversation about abortion if you started by looking for places where you agreed, rather than trying to determine whether the other person fits the traditional political labels?
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I was a little bit confused by this because ANES data shows 40% of people supporting abortion in all cases as a personal choice. http://www.electionstudies.org/nesguide/toptable/tab4c_2b.htm
But I dug a little more and it seems some people do not find that to be contradictory with the belief that abortion should not be legal in the case of the mother preferring a child of the other sex :-p. A little odd but that's the way things are I guess. Here's a direct link to the study, relevant info is on page 1303 http://www.electionstudies.org/studypages/anestimeseries2012/anestimeseries2012_userguidecodebook.pdf
Thanks a bunch for all the research and nuance--nuance that we could add to future posts like this.
"It's all about framing" is a big theme for us: when we prime people to be extreme, they do it. When we ask them to look at complexity, their hard-line often softens.
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