Literature Review According to Cory Hernandez, attendance rates for regular religious service have been relatively constant since 1939, hovering at or around 41%. There has also been no statistically significant change in the public opinion on abortion; it remains strongly polarized. However the importance with which people hold their religious beliefs, according to self-reporting, dropped dramatically from the 1960’s to the 1970’s around the same time that Roe v. Wade was taking place. (Hernandez 2014) Historical evidence shows that the American medical community’s approach to case-by-case review, and subsequent control over medical practices instead of an accepted standard, has had quite an effect on the public opinion that many Americans
