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With abortions, schoolmates might matter more than religious devotion

June 2, 2009
Los Angeles Times

Religious involvement may affect a young woman's attitude toward abortion, but when she finds herself unmarried and pregnant, such devotion appears to lose sway.

In a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, a sociologist at the City University of New York analyzed the abortion decisions of unmarried teenagers and young twentysomethings. Specifically, she was looking at how those decisions were affected by personal religious devotion, schoolmates' religious devotion and the type of school (public or religious).

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