The Demise of Soviet Abortion Culture? Current Public Opinion on Abortion and Religion in Former Soviet States

• In Event: Populism, Nationalism, and Religious Identities in Europe

Brief Overview

Abortion was the USSR’s primary means of fertility control; its practice was entrenched in a “Soviet abortion culture.” Using the World Values Survey, we analyze support for abortion and religion in FSUs, 2 and 3 decades after the USSR’s collapse.

Authors

• Deborah R. McFarlane, University of New Mexico, Main Campus

• Wendy L. Hansen, University of New Mexico