For this assignment, write a document that has three sections: an introduction for your research paper, an outline of the full research paper, and a summary of barriers. Completing this assignment will help ensure you are on the right path, have chosen a good topic to research, and can gain help from your professor, if needed.

Your introduction should include at least five sentences that:

introduce your reader to the topic you have chosen to research and provide a strong thesis statement.

Conclude the first page by providing an outline for your final paper. When constructing the outline, refer to the requirements detailed in Unit V for the necessary information and structure of the final paper. Be sure to include any peer-reviewed articles you intend to use as sources in the final paper. Remember, the requirements for Unit V and Unit VII include a minimum of three peer-reviewed articles.

Next, in a one-page summary, identify any barriers that you have experienced with research that you have conducted so far and how that has affected your attitude. For example, have you had trouble finding information (attitude change)? How have you overcome those barriers (attitude resilience)?

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O'Connor, C., Maher, P., & Kadianaki, I. (2019). Exploring the relationship between lay theories of gender and attitudes to abortion in the context of a national referendum on abortion policy. PLoS ONE, 14(6), e0218333. https://doi-org.libraryresources.waldorf.edu/10.1371/journal.pone.0218333

Welch, M. R., Leege, D. C., & Cavendish, J. C. (1995). Attitudes toward Abortion among U.S. Catholics: Another Case of Symbolic Politics? Social Science Quarterly (University of Texas Press), 76(1), 142-157.