Contents

• 1. Abortion and American Politics. Abortion: A Concise and Contested History. The Abortion Issue: The Search for an Analogue
• 2. The Social Bases of Abortion Attitudes. Attitudes Toward Legal Abortion: Methods of Analysis. Abortion Attitudes: An Overview. State Differences in Abortion Attitudes. Group Differences in Abortion Attitudes. Demographic Differences in Abortion Attitudes: Multivariate Analyses
• 3. The Subjective Bases of Abortion Attitudes. Ideological Self-Identification. A Matter of Life and Death? Abortion and Gender Role Attitudes. Attitudes Toward Parenthood and Female Employment. Attitudes Toward Sexual Morality. Putting Things Together: Multivariate Analyses
• 4. Religion and Abortion Attitudes. Religion and Abortion Attitudes Among Whites: Theological Traditions. Denominational Preference and Abortion Attitudes Among Whites. The Sources of Abortion Attitudes: White Evangelicals, Mainline Protestants, and Roman Catholics. Religion and Abortion Attitudes Among African-Americans. Religion and Abortion Attitudes Among American Jews. Religion and Abortion Attitudes: A Comprehensive Model
• 5. Who Is Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, and In Between? Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Supporters: An Overview. Pro-Life Citizens. Issue Divisions Among Pro-Life Citizens. Pro-Choice Citizens. Issue Groups Among Pro-Choice Supporters. Situationalists
• 6. The Electoral Politics of Abortion. Abortion and Vote Decisions. The Abortion Issue in Presidential Elections. Abortion and Congressional Elections. Abortion and State Electoral Politics After Webster
• 7. From Rights to Policy: The Future of the Abortion Debate. Abortion and the Anti-Politics of Rights. Abortion Policy in the Post-Webster Era
• Appendix: Detailed Results of Multivariate Analyses