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Investigate the institutional, political, and cultural determinants that drove morality policy innovation by examining state-level abortion regulation reforms prior to Roe v. Wade.

August 1, 1995American Journal of Political Science

Legislative Morality in the American States: The Case of Pre-Roe Abortion Regulation Reform

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Investigate the institutional, political, and cultural determinants that drove morality policy innovation by examining state-level abortion regulation reforms prior to Roe v. Wade.
Analyzed the timing and adoption of pre-1973 abortion liberalization statutes across the American states.
Estimated hazard models using event history analysis to assess the impact of citizen ideology, religious composition, and legislative professionalism on policy adoption.
Public moral sentiment and citizen religious affiliation, particularly the proportion of Roman Catholic and evangelical populations, served as the primary determinants of state reform timing.
Legislative professionalism and institutional capacity exerted minimal influence on reform outcomes, demonstrating that morality policy adoption diverges significantly from non-morality policy processes.

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Policy analysis reveals public values and religious demographics drove pre-Roe abortion reforms across American states, highlighting how citizen morality supersedes standard legislative factors.

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Mooney et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e29775e52bf159f3b73769 https://doi.org/10.2307/2111646

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Policy analysis reveals public values and religious demographics drove pre-Roe abortion reforms across American states, highlighting how citizen morality supersedes standard legislative factors.

Legislative Morality in the American States: The Case of Pre-Roe Abortion Regulation Reform

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Legislative Morality in the American States: The Case of Pre-Roe Abortion Regulation Reform

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