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Conservative Christians and Support for Transracial Adoption as an Alternative to Abortion

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type="main"> This study examines whether support for transracial adoption (TRA) among evangelical Protestants and Catholics is uniquely tied to their cultural and political opposition to abortion. Mainline Protestants, persons of other religious faiths, and the religiously unaffiliated are used as comparison groups, and support for same-sex adoption is used as a comparison issue. Data are taken from the 2005 Baylor Religion Survey. I estimate logistic regression models to examine the link between support for TRA and abortion attitudes across all five groups considered, net of relevant sociodemographic and ideological factors. For evangelicals and Catholics, opposition to abortion under any circumstance has a positive net effect on their support for TRA. However, opposition to abortion does not predict support for TRA among mainline Protestants, adherents to other religions, or the unaffiliated. Support for same-sex adoption is a strong predictor of support for TRA across all groups. An interesting paradox is thus observed in that evangelicals and Catholics who support TRA are more socially progressive on most other issues (younger, more racially tolerant, support same-sex adoption), except in their views toward abortion. On this issue, they are more conservative.

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  • Samuel L. Perry, 2014. "Conservative Christians and Support for Transracial Adoption as an Alternative to Abortion," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 95(2), pages 380-392, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:95:y:2014:i:2:p:380-392
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