P17 Examining attitudes toward abortion: Do people ’s attitudes change when considering gestational age and fetal development?

Objectives: Since the 1970 ’s, the General Social Survey (GSS) has assessed US adults’ abortion attitudes via seven items examining specific scenarios (eg, rape, financial reasons, any reason). These data indicate general support for abortion and suggest attitudes have remained relatively stable. However, these items do n ot account for gestational age of the pregnancy. Given the increase in legislation restricting abortion based on gestational age (eg, six-weeks) and fetal development (eg, fetal pain), we re-assessed the GSS items, adding both gestational age and specific fetal development markers that are often ref erenced in legislation.

Source: Contraception - October 1, 2020 Category: OBGYN Authors: K. Jozkowski, B. Brawford, R. Turner, W. Lo Source Type: research