Event Title
Opinions on Abortion: MSU Student Definitions of Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, and How They Identify
Location
CSU 255
Start Date
21-4-2014 1:05 PM
End Date
21-4-2014 2:05 PM
Student's Major
Gender and Women's Studies
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Amy Sullivan
Mentor's Department
Gender and Women's Studies
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Understanding how College age students engage with the abortion debate and how they identify is important to know, because both sides of the debate want to understand how young adults feel about the issue. This research looks at how students at MSU define Pro-Choice and Pro-life, as well as how they identify within those parameters. Researchers created a survey that allows students to explain their opinions on abortion in their own words. Next, researchers will review the student responses and reasons they identify one way or another, and compare them to current research on abortion attitudes that college students have to give these results context. The main goal of this research is to understand how student define Pro-Life and Pro-Choice compared to what their original definitions are, which shows that these definitions have changed and have different meanings to the general population of students at MSU.
Opinions on Abortion: MSU Student Definitions of Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, and How They Identify
CSU 255
Understanding how College age students engage with the abortion debate and how they identify is important to know, because both sides of the debate want to understand how young adults feel about the issue. This research looks at how students at MSU define Pro-Choice and Pro-life, as well as how they identify within those parameters. Researchers created a survey that allows students to explain their opinions on abortion in their own words. Next, researchers will review the student responses and reasons they identify one way or another, and compare them to current research on abortion attitudes that college students have to give these results context. The main goal of this research is to understand how student define Pro-Life and Pro-Choice compared to what their original definitions are, which shows that these definitions have changed and have different meanings to the general population of students at MSU.
Recommended Citation
Brickley, Audrey. "Opinions on Abortion: MSU Student Definitions of Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, and How They Identify." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 21, 2014.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2014/oral_session_09/1
