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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"abortion debate"”.
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Interactive Framing Dynamics and Ideological Boundaries in the American Abortion Debate
… movements--1) pro-choice activists framing abortion as "good mothering" � and 2) pro-life activists framing abortion as "Black genocide". � I argue that as each movement responds to countermovement threats by borrowing and co-opting language and imagery from the opposing movement, the …
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Applying Affect Theory to Studies of Legislative Prayer: Analyzing the Abortion Debate
… arguments, I argue that prayers prior to debates about abortion have the potential to change the affect within the political atmosphere. I transcribed a series of prayers offered prior to state legislative sessions which included deliberation and/or votes on bills pushing for abortion …
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Bridging the Gap: Feminist Movements and their Efforts to Advance Abortion Rights in Chile
Chile allowed therapeutic abortion (cases in which the mother’s life was in danger) from 1931 until 1989, the last year of the Pinochet military dictatorship. After Pinochet stepped down, Chile underwent a democratic transition in 1990 that was heavily reliant on a moral fundamentalist mentality, …
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Media Frames and Abortion Issue Polarization
<p>The abortion issue is one of the most polarizing topics within the public and media sphere. How the media chooses to frame the abortion debate may influence public opinion and individual reactions. Specifically, articles that use incongruent abortion frames (pro-life/pro-abortion & …