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.
翻译:2022年6月24日,美国最高法院推翻了其在1973年罗诉韦德案裁决中做出的里程碑式判决。大法官们在多布斯诉杰克逊妇女健康组织案中以多数票裁定,堕胎不是宪法权利,并将堕胎问题交由民选代表处理。这一裁决在美国各地引发了多次抗议和辩论,尤其是在2022年11月中期选举的背景下。鉴于许多公民使用社交媒体平台表达观点并进行集体行动动员,且线上辩论对公众舆论、政治参与、新闻媒体报道以及政治决策产生切实影响,理解围绕该话题的线上讨论至关重要。为此,我们提出了首个关于美国堕胎权辩论的大规模推特数据集。我们提供了一组从2022年1月1日至2023年1月6日为期一年系统收集的7400万条推文。