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Husbands' attitudes towards abortion and Canadian abortion law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

R. W. Osborn  and
B. Silkey
R. W. Osborn
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto, Canada
B. Silkey
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto, Canada
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Summary

Among a sample of 601 married men, whose wives are in the reproductive ages, religious affliation is strongly related to opinions about the permissibility of abortion under varied circumstances and Canadian abortion law. Education and other influences are altered when the effects of religion are included but some differentials persist within religious groupings. These suggest that secular trends towards increasing levels of education may tend to narrow religious-based differentials in abortion attitudes. An association of permissive attitudes towards abortion with use of highly effective contraceptive methods and with prior use of abortion is found.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 1980 , pp. 21 - 30
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Copyright © 1980, Cambridge University Press

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