Abortion Liberalization in World Society, 1960-2009
Abortion Liberalization in World Society, 1960-2009
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DOI：
10.1086/682827
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发表时间：
2015-11-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Longhofer, Wesley
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作者：
Boyle, Elizabeth H.;Kim, Minzee;Longhofer, Wesley
Controversy sets abortion apart from other issues studied by world society theorists, who consider the tendency for policies institutionalized at the global level to diffuse across very different countries. The authors conduct an event history analysis of the spread (however limited) of abortion liberalization policies from 1960 to 2009. After identifying three dominant frames (a women's rights frame, a medical frame, and a religious, natural family frame), the authors find that indicators of a scientific, medical frame show consistent association with liberalization of policies specifying acceptable grounds for abortion. Women's leadership roles have a stronger and more consistent liberalizing effect than do countries' links to a global women's rights discourse. Somewhat different patterns emerge around the likelihood of adopting an additional policy, controlling for first policy adoption. Even as support for women's autonomy has grown globally, with respect to abortion liberalization, persistent, powerful frames compete at the global level, preventing robust policy diffusion.
