William L. Yarber Endowed Professor in Sexual Health, Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2023 Dec;31(1):2233794. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2023.2233794.
Although media response to the decision was widespread in the United States, the extent to which people were aware of the Mississippi law leading to the decision, the case, is unclear, as are the resulting effects of the decision on legal abortion. As such, we examined people's awareness of abortion legality prior to and after the decision announcement, as well as the potential implications associated with the decision (i.e. overturning of ). We also examined people's attitudes toward abortion legality, specifically focusing on 15 weeks' gestation to correspond with the Mississippi law that led to . Data were collected across two studies at different times. In Study 1, a 15-minute survey was administered to IPSOS' KnowledgePanel (= 1014) prior to the decision announcement. A shorter version of that survey was administered to a second sample using NORC's AmeriSpeak Omnibus panel (= 1002). Nearly half of that sample (42.2%) completed the survey prior to the decision announcement. People were generally unaware of the Mississippi law, the case, and implications associated with the decision (e.g. overturning ). People generally endorsed abortion being legal at 15 weeks or later, but this varied by circumstance. We did not find meaningful effects of the decision announcement on people's knowledge and attitudes. Our findings suggest that the intense response to the decision from the media and people involved in the abortion movement may not represent the general public's reaction.
尽管媒体对这一决定的反应在美国广泛传播，但人们对导致这一决定的密西西比州法律、案件的了解程度尚不清楚，该决定对合法堕胎的影响也不清楚。因此，我们调查了人们在决定宣布前后对堕胎合法性的认识，以及与该决定相关的潜在影响（即推翻）。我们还调查了人们对堕胎合法性的态度，特别是关注 15 周妊娠，以对应导致这一决定的密西西比州法律。数据是在两次不同时间的研究中收集的。在研究 1 中，在决定宣布前，IPSOS 的 KnowledgePanel（=1014）进行了一项 15 分钟的调查。NORC 的 AmeriSpeak 综合调查小组（=1002）对第二个样本进行了该调查的简短版本。该样本中有近一半（42.2%）在决定宣布前完成了调查。人们普遍不知道密西西比州法律、案件以及与该决定相关的影响（例如推翻）。人们普遍支持在 15 周或更晚时堕胎合法，但这取决于具体情况。我们没有发现决定宣布对人们的知识和态度产生有意义的影响。我们的研究结果表明，媒体和参与堕胎运动的人对这一决定的强烈反应可能并不代表公众的反应。
