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The study reviews the histories and theories of abortion and capital punishment and examines these issues in the context of recent presidential elections. The study used data gathered from public opinion polls and personal interviews. The bulk of the study is an analysis of four groups of respondents: (1) pro-choice, anti-death penalty; (2) pro ...
Dec 9, 2019 · The pro-life/pro-death penalty group likely constitutes approximately 5% of the U.S. population and their literalist, punitive stance toward crime and punishment has ramifications for all crime control policy, not just capital punishment.
- Filip M. Wiecko, Jacinta M. Gau
- 2008
Dec 13, 2016 · Wiecko F. M., Gau J. M. (2008). Every life is sacred…kind of: Uncovering the sources of seemingly contradictory public attitudes toward abortion and the death penalty. The Social Science Journal, 45, 546–564.
- Adam Trahan
- 2017
Mar 25, 2024 · Guttmacher says that in 2020 there were 14.4 abortions in the U.S. per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44. Its data shows that the rate of abortions among women has generally been declining in the U.S. since 1981, when it reported there were 29.3 abortions per 1,000 women in that age range.
- Carrie Blazina
Oct 4, 2021 · Abortion. This will be one of the most-watched cases in recent Supreme Court history, as anti-abortion activists believe the conservative-dominated court could finally abandon nearly five decades ...
Jun 2, 2021 · More Americans favor than oppose the death penalty: 60% of U.S. adults favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder, including 27% who strongly favor it. About four-in-ten (39%) oppose the death penalty, with 15% strongly opposed, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Jul 18, 2023 · The death penalty, for most of history a commonplace part of political culture, has clearly been in decline in recent decades. There are fewer executions and death sentences globally, and fewer countries have the death penalty in their statutes; as the most authoritative global survey describes, since the early 1990s “there has been a revolution in the discourse on and practice of capital ...
