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Revitalization of religion in the shadow of the legacy of the liberal legislative regulations: Attitudes towards the abortion
Goran Goldberger
; Institut za društvena istraživanja u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
This paper analyses the attitudes of the respondents towards the legislative regulation of the abortion in Croatia. The attitudes are
cross-tabulated with the religious self-identification and practice
and sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents. In this way
we wanted to point out a possible presence of differences in the
attitudes towards the abortion and the advocacy of pro-life or pro-choice options, bearing in mind the above mentioned characteristics of the respondents. Starting from the assumption of
the influence of the context of social changes at the beginning of
90s on the attitudes of the respondents towards the abortion, and
by leaning on same theoretical concepts and researches on the
abortion, all three hypotheses have been confirmed. We sketched
some processes that might have influenced a greater concurrence
with the pro-choice than with pro-life option, especially if we take into account that this society is dominated by the Catholic church
and in which the Church has been turned towards the 'moral restoration'. Also in the both camps it can be noticed a certain polarization of the attitudes when the legislative regulation on the
abortion is in question, as well as the clash of traditional and modern
values.
Ključne riječi
abortion; socio-political changes; demographic changes; social policy; religion; Catholic church; non-governmental organizations; pro-life option; pro-choice option; retraditionalization; discourse; inequality of the sexes
Hrčak ID:
33121
URI
Datum izdavanja:
9.3.2009.
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