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How do religious views affect abortion policies in the US and South America?

How do religious views affect abortion policies in the US and South America?

Update: 2025-07-29

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Dr Amy Adamczyk, Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, part of City University of New York, and Dr Reynaldo Rivera and Dr Maria Sol Barbera, from the School of Communications at the Universidad Australin Buenos Aries in Argentina, discuss their research on how different contexts and personal religious beliefs shape people’s health-related attitudes and behaviors, in particular medical interventions such as abortion and assisted conception, at the beginning of life.

Amy Adamczyk’s book Fetal Positions, is published by OxfordUniversity Press.

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How do religious views affect abortion policies in the US and South America?

How do religious views affect abortion policies in the US and South America?

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