nder has an effect on support forabortion based on their religious beliefs. I believe that men are less likely to approveabortion than women because of the women’s’ movement that has been going on foryears. Many women are more apt to approve of the idea of pro-choice. They want todecide what is best for them, not some politician in Washington, D.C. A 90’s women ismore independent than say a 50’s women. They are battling for women’s rights. Abortion is a very controversial issue which directly effects women’s rights. I believe thatmen are less likely to support women’s rights because it will take power away from them. Most of our government positions are held by men. By giving the decision of abortion towomen, it is taking away more of their power over us. OperationalizationIn order to test my hypotheses, I chose two variables and two controls. Mydependent variable was support for abortion. This variable was based on four responses:never permitted, for rape or incest, if there was a clear health need, and always permitted. My independent variable was importance of religion. Originally, this variable containedfour scaled responses: high, 3, 2, and low. In order to receive more obvious results, Irecoded the responses into to categories. The high consists of high and 3. The lowconsists of low and 2. My first control variable was party affiliation. Originally, thisconsisted of seven responses: strong democrat, weak democrat, independent democrat,independent, independent republican, weak republican, and strong republican. In order toreceive more accurate results, I recoded them down to three responses. Strongdemocrats, weak democrats and independent democrats were recoded to democrats. Theindependent response stayed the same. Finally, the independent republicans, weakrepublicans, and the strong republicans were recoded to republicans. My second controlwas gender. These respon...
