Books
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Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion
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Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation
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Cross-National Public Opinion About Homosexuality: Examining Attitudes Across the Globe
Co-recipient of the 2025 Steven F. Messner Outstanding Book Award:
Adamczyk, Amy. 2025. Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Highlights from Fetal Positions Book Talk
Religion often shapes someone’s view of abortion – but what about a woman’s actual decision?.
(In Relation to Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion) By: Amy Adamczyk Published: September 25, 2025
Many factors can shape how someone views abortion – gender, age and education, to name a few. Around the world, however, religious belief is the most powerful predictor that someone will disapprove, as I document in my 2025 book, “Fetal Positions.” Faith traditions’ teachings about abortion vary – and there is diversity of opinions within faiths, too. On average, though, people who say that religion is important in their lives are far more likely to think abortion is morally wrong.But here’s the paradox: There’s a difference between abstract views and personal decisions. On average, strong religious beliefs and involvement in a religious community do not make an American woman less likely to terminate her first pregnancy, so long as she conceives without a potential marriage partner….