Who gets to define what “America” means? Politicians get a lot of air time. Ruth Braunstein at in News Lab featured in UConn Today If you are interested in participating in or collaborating with the Meanings of Democracy Lab, email Dr. Current projects focus on the moral meanings of taxpaying (particularly in relation to debates over taxpayer funding for abortion) and battles over the roles of race and religion in American identity and history.
The Meanings of Democracy Lab engages students and partners in collaborative research on and discussion about the contested moral and cultural foundations of American democratic life. Several big questions animate how Americans engage in civic and political life: Who counts as a “real” American? What is required of a “good” citizen? Is American democracy flourishing or floundering? In today’s deeply polarized America, the answers to these questions depend on who you ask, but the ways that different people answer them matter for us all. The team brings a diverse mix of research skills and interests, and will be sharing the results of their work together throughout the semester through the Lab’s website and social media channels, so stay tuned! This Fall, the Meanings of Democracy Lab welcomes a new cohort of Undergraduate Research Assistants! Tagged abortion, public funding, research, tax dollars Introducing our Fall 2022 Team As national debates about abortion funding intensify, these findings underscore the importance of future surveys consistently measuring Americans’ attitudes toward public funding of abortion, above and beyond abortion legality or morality.
In fact, there is more bipartisan consensus around abortion legality than abortion funding, across religious traditions. We find that the oft-cited “bipartisan consensus” around opposition to public funding of abortion is a myth. Using three national, random samples of American adults, we address this gap in the literature. There is a relative dearth, however, of research focusing on attitudes toward the public funding of abortion services.
In a research note published in the March 2022 issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, lab director Ruth Braunstein, along with coauthors Andrew Whitehead and Ryan Burge review national public opinion data on public funding of abortion: Source: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ()Ībstract: An abundance of research examines Americans’ attitudes toward abortion legality and morality with particular attention to polarization around this issue and the influence of social movements, religious organizations, the media, and political leaders.
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