What drives the voting on abortion policy? Investigating partisanship and religion in the state legislative arena

Women and Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 61-83

  Schecter, David ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0742293673     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v23n04_03     Document Type: Article

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