Using mediation to address the debate also seems new (as I’ve stated already). @JHS, you have been familiar with the debate and yet you posted a survey report that asked different questions from what the author was asking. And - it was from 2012. Recent news articles have stated that opinions have shifted a LOT in just the past few years. For instance, this one from Vox (see link below) which specifically defines “abortion rights” as the new focus of the pro-choice movement (vs. preserving the procedure as something “rare” but available). So the author’s attempt to find out how to come to a closer understanding of balancing fetal rights with abortion rights seems timely. At least, he seems to have a more contemporary understanding of what the questions actually are now. And then, using mediation as the specific methodological framework? New approach (at least to me).
https://www.vox.com/2019/10/18/20917406/abortion-safe-legal-and-rare-tulsi-gabbard