Attitudes and Laws About Abortion Are Linked to Extrinsic Mortality Risk: A Life-History Perspective on Variability in Reproductive Rights.

IF 4.8 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Psychological Science Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-10 DOI:10.1177/09567976231217410
Elena Brandt, Jon K Maner
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Abortion policy is conventionally viewed as a political matter with religious overtones. This article offers a different view. From the perspective of evolutionary biology, abortion at a young age can represent prioritization of long-term development over immediate reproduction, a pattern established in other animal species as resulting from stable ecologies with low mortality risk. We examine whether laws and moral beliefs about abortions are linked to local mortality rates. Data from 50 U.S. states, 202 world societies, 2,596 adult individuals in 363 U.S. counties, and 147,260 respondents across the globe suggest that lower levels of mortality risk are associated with more permissive laws and attitudes toward abortion. Those associations were observed when we controlled for religiosity, political ideology, wealth, education, and industrialization. Integrating evolutionary and cultural perspectives offers an explanation as to why moral beliefs and legal norms about reproduction may be sensitive to levels of ecological adversity.

关于堕胎的态度和法律与外在死亡率风险有关:从生命史角度看生殖权利的变异性》(Attitudes and Laws About Abortion Are Linked to Extrinsic Mortality Risk: A Life-History Perspective on Variability in Reproductive Rights)。
堕胎政策通常被视为带有宗教色彩的政治问题。本文提出了不同的观点。从进化生物学的角度来看,幼年堕胎可能代表着长远发展优先于即时繁殖,这种模式在其他动物物种中已经确立,是死亡率风险低的稳定生态的结果。我们研究了有关堕胎的法律和道德观念是否与当地的死亡率有关。来自美国 50 个州、世界 202 个社会、美国 363 个县的 2,596 名成年人以及全球 147,260 名受访者的数据表明,较低的死亡风险与更宽容的堕胎法律和态度有关。当我们对宗教信仰、政治意识形态、财富、教育和工业化程度进行控制时,也能观察到这些关联。将进化和文化视角结合起来,可以解释为什么有关生育的道德信仰和法律规范可能对生态逆境的程度很敏感。
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Psychological Science
Psychological Science PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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期刊介绍: Psychological Science, the flagship journal of The Association for Psychological Science (previously the American Psychological Society), is a leading publication in the field with a citation ranking/impact factor among the top ten worldwide. It publishes authoritative articles covering various domains of psychological science, including brain and behavior, clinical science, cognition, learning and memory, social psychology, and developmental psychology. In addition to full-length articles, the journal features summaries of new research developments and discussions on psychological issues in government and public affairs. "Psychological Science" is published twelve times annually.
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