Secularity, abortion, assisted dying and the future of conscientious objection: modelling the relationship between attitudes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Controversies arise over abortion, assisted dying and conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between attitudes towards these bioethical dilemmas, and secularity and religiosity.

Method

Data were drawn from a 2017 web-based survey of a representative sample of 1615 Norwegian adults. Latent moderated structural equations modelling was used to develop a model of the relationship between attitudes.

Results

The resulting model indicates that support for abortion rights is associated with pro-secular attitudes and is a main "driver" for support for assisted dying and opposition to conscientious objection.

Conclusions

This finding should be regarded as a hypothesis which ought to be tested in oth

SUBMITTER: Magelssen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751575 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature