The Racial and Gender Equity collection brings together a wide variety of research generated by the Portland State University community that is centered on the issues of racial justice, gender equity and related topics. Find more with advanced search; example: Black Lives Matter

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Submissions from 2024

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Supporting Well-Being for the Home Visiting Workforce: Organizational Supports for Experiences of Bias & Discrimination, Beth L. Green, Nicole M. Lauzus, Yumi Lee, Ron Joseph, Erin Gaines, and Center for Improvement of Child and Family Services

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Laundry Program Evaluation, Jacen Greene, Sandra Comstock, and Marisa Zapata

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Alternative Shelter Evaluation Report, Jacen Greene, Todd Ferry, Emily Leickly, and Franklin Holcomb Spurbeck

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2023 Oregon Statewide Homelessness Estimates, Jacen Greene, Franklin Holcomb Spurbeck, and Marisa Zapata

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Wraithstruck: Chapters from the Adorese Forests, Clover Gullans

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Exploring the Social Processes Influencing the Well-Being and Social Integration of Systemically Marginalized Students in Higher Education: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Zeinab Abbas Hachem

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The Presence of Diversity Initiatives Leads to Increased Pro-White Hiring Decisions Among Conservatives, Zeinab A. Hachem and Tessa L. Dover

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"Crush the Monster": Homosexuality and Moral Panic in 1950s Idaho, Ian Hadrick

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Promoting Equity in Culturally Diverse Schools: A Literature Review of Third Space Pedagogy, Sarah E. Harrison and Heidi Curtis

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Jewish Immigrants in Argentina: The Bund as a Transnational Connection, Naomi Hemstreet

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An Additive Model of Engagement: Considering The Role of Front-End Criminal Justice Agencies in Treatment Provisions [Interim Report: Year Two], Kelsey S. Henderson, Christopher Campbell, and Brian Renauer

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Climate and Extreme Weather Event Impacts on Administrators, Direct Care Staff, and Residents in Oregon Assisted Living, Residential Care, and Memory Care Communities, 2024, Dani Himes, Jacklyn Kohon, Madeline Fox, Laura Rodriguez, Sarah Dys, Diana Jacoby, and Paula Carder

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How Can DEI Training Change the Culture of an Organization to Achieve Belonging and Retain Diverse Employees?, Kaisa S. Holt

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Demagoguery and the Depression, David Horowitz

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Racial Attitudes and Perceptions of Government Response During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Public Health Strategies., Man Hung, Jeremy D. Franklin, William A. Smith, Carlos J. Crespo, Evelyn U. Ezikwelu, Jerry Bounsanga, and Martin S. Lipsky

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“what Keeps Me in School”: Oregon BIPOC Learners Voice Support That Makes Higher Education Possible, Roberta Hunte, Miranda Mosier-Puentes, Gita Mehrotra, and Eva Skuratowicz

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Self-reported Follow-up Care Needs Can be Met in Both Facility and Self-managed Abortion: Evidence from Low- and Middle-income Countries, Laura E. Jacobson MPH

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Supporting Self-managed Abortion Care in “practice not premise”: Provider Perspectives, Roles, and Referral Pathways in India, Laura E. Jacobson MPH, Caila Brander, P. Balasubramanian, Sruthi Chandrasekaran, Blair Darney, Julia Goodman, Ruvani Jayaweera, and Caitlin Gerdts

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Sex Toys in the City: Pleasure, Profit, and Sex-Positive Cultures in Portland, Abigail Jobe

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Afro-Latin Americans Living in Spain and Social Death: Moving from the Empirical to the Ontological, Ethan Johnson, Joy González-Güeto, and Vanessa Cadena

Compelling Care: A Grounded Theory of Transmasculine Self-Defense and Collective Protection at the Clinic., Sid P. Jordan

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Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence, Mahesh Karra and Joshua Wilde

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The Association Between Acculturation & C-reactive Protein in U.S. Immigrants: A Cross-sectional Study, Jessica Kilinski BS; Rosol Mikail BS; Kelly M. Reavis PhD, MPH; and Deborah Karasek PhD, MPH

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Crown Shy, Laura Francesca Kincaid

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The Rainbow Wave: Rethinking LGBTQ Representation in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Research, Tyler King

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Promoting Student Engagement in Research in an Undergraduate Language-Development Course, Mitchell Kloer, Isabelle Trujillo, Teresa Roberts, and Carolyn Quam

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Promoting Cultural Humility, Belonging, and Inclusion to Improve Well-Being among Direct Care Staff in Oregon Assisted Living, Residential Care, and Memory Care Communities, 2024, Jacklyn Kohon, Dani Himes, Laura Rodriguez, Sarah Dys, Paula Carder, Diana Jacoby, and Madeline Fox

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Russian Views of the Unknown Coast: Shvetsov's Accounts of the Oregon and Northern California Coastline During the Sea Otter Trade, 1808-09, Cameron La Follette, Douglas Deur, and Andrei Grinev

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A Contemporary Examination of Racial Intraminority Relations: Attitudes, Motivations, and Barriers to Participation in Collective Action, Jaboa Shawntaé Lake

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Families at the Center: Leading for Home Visiting Systems Change, Callie H. Lambarth, Beth L. Green, and Center for Coordinating Oregon Home Visiting Systems

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Inequities in Chronic Stress Exposure at the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Identity in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adults, Jordan M. Lancaster and Efrain H. Chavez Martinez

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Applying Decolonizing Theories and Methodologies in Archaeology to Two Collaborative Cultural Resource Management Projects, Cydney K. Lanthier

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Weaving Our Kuwentos (stories) Toward Ginhawa (aliveness): Pilipinx American Social Work Motherscholars Enacting Praxes of Survival and Thrivance in the Academy, Joanna C. La Torre, Lalaine Sevillano, Lisa Reyes Mason, Alma M. Ouanesisouk Trinidad, and Cora de Leon

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Supporting Resource Equity for Oregon’s Home Visiting Workforce: Exploring Program Model and Regional Differences, Nicole M. Lauzus, Yumi Lee, Beth L. Green, Erin Gaines, and Ron Joseph

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Knowledge of Medicaid Expansion to Recent and Undocumented Immigrants Among Oregon Mexican-origin Latinos: (Work in Progress), Nancy Ledezma, Grace Parra, Alejandra Nunez, and Dr. Blair Darney

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Investigating the Effects of Inclusive Environments on the Mental Health of Queer Individuals : A Study With the Rose City Rollers, Ashton Lee

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Edward's New Welsh: The Foundations of English Colonialism, 1282-1343, Joshua Lembke

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Native American and First-Nations Canadian and Physical PFAS Accumulations: A Literature Review, Laurel Liebeseller

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Portland State University Economic and Social Impact Study 2024, Jenny H. Liu and Hyeoncheol Kim

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Our Body-Minds Are Not Apologies: How Systemic Oppression, Beauty Standards & Desirability Politics Impact the Body-Image & Sex Lives of Trans & Non-Binary People with Physical (Dis)abilities, Elm Mack

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Schools Apart: Curricular Stratification Across School Socioeconomic Compositions and Implications for Educational Inequality in the US, Daniel Mackin Freeman

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American Evangelicalism and the Status of Women: Biblical Interpretation, Politicization, and a Future for Secularism, Ivy MacNeil Blackwood

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Tribal Lands Population Projections: Celilo Village & Grande Ronde, Neal Marquez, Ethan Sharygin, Huda Alkitkat, Suniva Thangaraj, Gilbert Montcho, David Swanson, and Joshua Wilde

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Black Movement in White Spaces: How Youth Online Protests Challenge ‘No-Excuses’ Charter Practices, Matthew McCluskey and Madhu Narayanan

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We're Here to Stay: Nonviolence and the Disability Rights Movement, Sky McLeod

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Transgender and Non-binary Health in Oregon Under a Single-Payer Health System, Amy (Mick) L. McVeety (they/she)

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Gender Affirming Surgery and Pain in Adolescents: Teen and Parent Experiences, Corrin Murphy, Eleanor Battison, University of Rhode Island, and Anna Wilson PhD

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Indigenous Assimilation and Progressive Mirages: The Globalization of American Narratives of Educational Reform, Madhu Narayanan

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Homelessness: A Guide for Public Transportation, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; Transit Cooperative Research Program; Marisa Zapata; John MacArthur; Anna Rockhill; and Rebeca Petean

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Climate Justice Issues, Urban Heat Island Effect, and Trees as the Solution in Portland, Oregon, Cleo Needham

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Mass Capture Fishing in the Marquesas Islands, Reno Nims, Patricia Pillay, and Melinda S. Allen

Gen Z and Millennials: Contrasts in Reading Behavior and Readerly Identity, Rachel Noorda and Kathi Inman Berens

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International Bestsellers and the Online Reconfiguring of National Identity, Rachel Noorda, Millicent Weber, and Melanie Ramdarshan Bold

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Henna Chatbot Capstone Review, Kobe Norcross

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Gangism: An 'Elementary Form of Religious Life', Robert Northman

Health Literacy Among Oregon Mexican-origin Latinos: Work in Progress, Alejandra Nuñez-Barragán, Blair Darney, and Nancy Ledezma

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The Mirror Project: Reflections on the Experiences of African-American Female Adolescents Experiencing Foster Care, Bahia Anise-Cross DeGruy Overton

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Activism and Stress, Ashanti Laine T. Peredo, Taylor Gayton, and Lalaine Sevillano

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Engaging Antiracist and Decolonial Praxis to Advance Equity in Oregon Public Health Surveillance Practices, Ryan J. Petteway, Daniel López-Cevallos, Mira Mohsini, Andres Lopez, Roberta S. Hunte, Tim Holbert, and Kusuma Madamala

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The Construction of Character and Authenticity on RuPaul's Drag Race, Carli Pickett

Annual Walk of the Heroines Lecture: "Dreaming Disability Justice in a Time of Genocide, Organizing and Hope", Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

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¡Viva Puerto Rico! How Puerto Rico's Political and Economic Status Has Affected Its Vulnerability to Natural Hazards, Mystique Quintana

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A Place to Rest My Soul: How a Doctoral Student of Color Group Utilized a Healing-Centered Space to Navigate Higher Education, Jessica I. Ramirez

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The Wage of Wellness: The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Work Recovery, Emily Julia Ready

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Corporatizing Violence: Targeted Repression of Indigenous Dissent in Democratic States, Laikaika Layne Rivera

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The Health Risks of Deportation: Impacts of Family Separation on Relationships and Wellbeing in Latinx Communities, Shantay Rhea Rocha

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Project Turnkey Evaluation, Anna Rockhill, Sarah Mercurio, and Franklin Holcomb Spurbeck

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Living on the Outskirts of Things: Women and Nonbinary People of Color with Cognitive Disabilities Describe Their Employment Experiences, Laura Spura Rodriguez

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Voices on Labor: Making the Invisible Visible, Todd N. Rosenstiel, Molly Benitez, Pronoy Rai, and Patricia A. Schechter

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Taking up Space and Making Demands: Portland State University Students Construct the Free and Autonomous Refaat Alareer Memorial Library, Aaron Roussell and Anonymous

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Differences In Ninth Graders’ Attitudes Towards Math Depending On Immigrant-Generation Status, Karla V. Santana Martinez and Dara Shifrer

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Political Movement Through Cultural Identity: Lessons from the Présence Africaine, Ramona Sapru Henderson

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The Jason Washington Memorial Campus Tour Map, Patricia A. Schechter, Ahmed Safa, Gabriel Santana Soto, Ash Machamer, Harrison Huynh, Simon Parker, Yuki Yamada, Genevieve Davis, Samantha Fox, Celeste Hege, Lucas Kopp, Ericka Morris, Kelly Parson, Adam Reed, Timothy Smart, and Kristin Wingo

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One Ring to Rule Them All: Connecting Johann Herder's Romantic Nationalism & Richard Wagner's "The Ring", Eliana Scheele

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ACS Data with Oregon REALD Categories [Dataset], Ethan Sharygin and Portland State University. Population Research Center

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State-Sanctioned Slavery: The Political Economy of Prison Labor, Avneet Sidhu

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“The Tin Pan-tithesis of melody”: A Socio-Musical History of Eastern European Jews in New York 1880-1920, Jascha Stern

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Education and Tolerance of Homosexuality in Diverse Islamic Contexts, Camila Swift

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Evaluating Equitable Success in Literary Spaces: A Portland Book Festival Case Study, Tia-Theo I. Thompson

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Reintegrating Cultural and Natural Landscapes: Indigenous Homelands of the Alsek-Dry Bay Region, Alaska, Thomas F. Thornton, Douglas Deur, and Bert Adams

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“You Could Have Did Us Better Than This”: Reparative Housing Policies and the Struggle to Right Harms to Black Communities, Amie Thurber, Lisa K. Bates, Susan Halverson, and Keisha Muia

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Contested Places: A Typology for Responding to Place-based Harms, Amie Thurber, Amy Krings, Mónica Gutiérrrez, Jason Sawyer, and Greer A. Hamilton

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“To Get More Harvest”: Natural Systems, Cultural Values, and Indigenous Resource Management in Northwestern North America, Nancy J. Turner and Douglas Deur

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Political Context and State-Level Health Behavior Disparities, Jane S. VanHeuvelen, Yi Wang, and Tom VanHeuvelen

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Immigrant Identity Formation, A Transnational Approach: Italian Americans in New York City, 1880-1930, Amelia J. Vena

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Impacts of Sex Work Criminalization on Sex Workers in Oregon: A Pilot Study, Stephanie Wahab and Katie Shammel

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Eviction in Oregon's Subsidized Affordable Housing, Yi Wang, Lisa K. Bates, Azad Amir-Ghassemi, Minji Cho, Marisa Zapata, Jacen Greene, Colleen Carroll, and Devin MacArthur

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The Embodiment of Exclusionary Displacement Pressure: Intersections of Housing Insecurity and Mental Health in a Hispanic/latinx Immigrant Neighborhood., Marisa Westbrook

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Synthesis and Computational Studies of α- and δ-Substituted Macrocyclic Europium and Ytterbium Complexes, Delainey Amara Winder

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Oregon State Rank Assessment for Mountain Townsendia (Townsendia montana), Lindsey K. Wise

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Prison Social Organization: Applying Social Psychology to Explain Racial Grouping in Prison, Siobhan Wynn

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Urban Japanese, Rural American: How Regionality Shaped Nisei Girlhood in Prewar America, Lauren Reiko Yanase

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Modern Trail of Tears: The Commodification of First Foods and Medicines in Relation to Food Apartheid and Genocide of Indigenous Peoples, Darius Mani Yaw

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Feminist Political Ecology in the Classroom, Ella J. Yeigh

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A History of The Bracero Program as an Agent of Transnational Modernity in the 20th Century, Lea H. Yonago

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Homecoming or Homeless: An Exploration of the Ethno-National Identities of Japanese-Brazilian Dekasseguis, Malina Yuen

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Feeling Otherwise: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Queer and Trans Youth of Color Who Create and Embody Fursonas, Hazel Ali Zaman

Submissions from 2023

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Marginalized Populations’ Access to Transit: Journeys from Home and Work to Transit, Miriam J. Abelson, Ivis Garcia, Sadika Khan, Amy Lubitow, Nicholas Puczkowskyj, and Marisa A. Zapata

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Fanning the Embers of Discrimination at Work: Does Reward Structure Fuel Incivility?, Sam Allen

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Law and Cultural Attitudes Towards Abortion: Ancient Civilizations to Present, Scarlett O. Anderson