2023/01/15 by Rong-Ching Chang, Ashwin Rao, Chang, Rong-Ching +7 · 2 citations
Computer Science · Medicine · Social Sciences · #Computational and Text Analysis Methods #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection #Reproductive Health and Contraception #Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2302.01439
openalex publication_date 2023/01/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned landmark rulings made in its 1973 verdict in Roe v. Wade. The justices by way of a majority vote in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, decided that abortion wasn't a constitutional right and returned the issue of abortion to the elected representatives. This decision triggered multiple protests and debates across the US, especially in the context of the midterm elections in November 2022. Given that many citizens use social media platforms to express their views and mobilize for collective action, and given that online debate provides tangible effects on public opinion, political participation, news media coverage, and the political decision-making, it is crucial to understand online discussions surrounding this topic. Toward this end, we present the first large-scale Twitter dataset collected on the abortion rights debate in the United States. We present a set of 74M tweets systematically collected over the course of one year from January 1, 2022 to January 6, 2023.