An Analysis of Race and Religion on Post-Roe Abortion Legislation.
Major
Political Science
Submission Type
Poster
Area of Study or Work
Political Science, Pre-Law
Expected Graduation Date
2023
Location
CNS Atrium, Easel 2
Start Date
4-15-2023 10:30 AM
End Date
4-15-2023 11:45 AM
Abstract
Legislation on reproductive rights has grown in salience in the last 30 years, and is now arguably the most polarized political topic in today’s political environment. On Friday June 24th, 2022, The Supreme Court of the United States, or SCOTUS, overturned the Supreme Court landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade which established the constitutional right to abortion for women and those with the ability to bear a child.
Since the overturn, there have been a variety of laws imposed or enacted by the states. I have previously analyzed variables in all 50 states and ran multiple regression models to determine the best predictor of legislation in each state. I concluded that the best predictor of what post-Roe legislation is likely to be, in terms of being more or less restrictive, is the percentage of white evangelicals in each state and the majority attitude on abortion in each state.
I aim to further this research both empirically and theoretically. I now ask: Is restrictive post-Roe abortion legislation backed by the religious regardless of race? I found that the best way to determine if a state was going to pass restrictive legislation was to look at the state’s percentage of white evangelicals. But, I now aim to determine what factor race plays.
Countless political scientists, scholars, doctors, and human rights activists have proven that lack of abortion access disproportionately harms people of color. And with nearly 8 out of 10 black Americans identifying as Christian, I aim to determine if Christian people of color and other religious minority groups will support legislation that furthers their religious beliefs regardless of implications that legislation may have. To do this I will be analyzing data on religious people of color and seeing how strongly these groups are correlated to post-Roe legislation.
An Analysis of Race and Religion on Post-Roe Abortion Legislation.
CNS Atrium, Easel 2
Legislation on reproductive rights has grown in salience in the last 30 years, and is now arguably the most polarized political topic in today’s political environment. On Friday June 24th, 2022, The Supreme Court of the United States, or SCOTUS, overturned the Supreme Court landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade which established the constitutional right to abortion for women and those with the ability to bear a child.
Since the overturn, there have been a variety of laws imposed or enacted by the states. I have previously analyzed variables in all 50 states and ran multiple regression models to determine the best predictor of legislation in each state. I concluded that the best predictor of what post-Roe legislation is likely to be, in terms of being more or less restrictive, is the percentage of white evangelicals in each state and the majority attitude on abortion in each state.
I aim to further this research both empirically and theoretically. I now ask: Is restrictive post-Roe abortion legislation backed by the religious regardless of race? I found that the best way to determine if a state was going to pass restrictive legislation was to look at the state’s percentage of white evangelicals. But, I now aim to determine what factor race plays.
Countless political scientists, scholars, doctors, and human rights activists have proven that lack of abortion access disproportionately harms people of color. And with nearly 8 out of 10 black Americans identifying as Christian, I aim to determine if Christian people of color and other religious minority groups will support legislation that furthers their religious beliefs regardless of implications that legislation may have. To do this I will be analyzing data on religious people of color and seeing how strongly these groups are correlated to post-Roe legislation.