30.01.2016 |
blog categorie(s) - Meaning Making
written by Gosia Mikołajczak
Foetus or child? Language and attitudes toward abortion
keywords:
language / attitudes toward abortion / humanness attributions
Foetus or child? Language and attitudes toward abortion
Due to moral, religious and cultural sensibilities, the topic of abortion still gives rise to controversy in many countries. In this post, I will discuss our research showing how language used in abortion discourse can affect people’s attitudes by changing their attributions of humanity to unborn (Mikołajczak & Bilewicz, 2015). / more