ATTITUDES ABOUT ABORTION AND VARYING ATTITUDE STRUCTURES

Researchers studying abortion attitudes have typically examined the content of people′s attitudes. It has been shown that certain factors influence the tendency to be pro-life, for example, a conservative religious or political orientation. This study addresses the structure of attitudes of those who are more pro-choice or pro-life. The results suggest that those who are more pro-life tend to have more unified attitude structures, while those who are more pro-choice tend to have less unified attitude structures. © 1993 Academic Press.