Background and objective: Conscientious objection to abortion, clinicians' refusal to perform legal abortions because of their religious or moral beliefs, has been the subject of increasing debate among bioethicists, policymakers, and public health advocates in recent years. Conscientious objection policies are intended to balance reproductive rights and clinicians' beliefs. However, in practice, clinician objection can act as a barrier to abortion access-impinging on reproductive rights, and increasing unsafe abortion and related morbidity and mortality. There is little...
Family sex communication is critical to promoting the development of healthy sexualities among young people and has yet to be studied among Arab Americans. We sought to (1) describe religiosity, perceived parental acculturation, and family sex communication among Arab American young adults, and (2) examine the association between parental acculturation and family sex communication, and whether it is mediated by religiosity or gender. We conducted a cross-sectional quantitative study. Participants (N = 100) were recruited via purposive sampling. Data were collected by in-person and...
