Although disapproval of all justifications for abortion is rare in the United States, our analysis
of numerous surveys taken in the 1960s and 1970s shows that support for the full prochoice …

Public opinion and the legalization of abortion Page 1 Public opinion and the legalization of
abortion TIMOTHY F. HARTNAGEL, JAMES J. CREECHAN, and ROBERT A. SILVERMAN …

The role of beliefs in attitude formation and the impact of commitment to an attitude on its
predictive validity were studied in the context of anti‐abortion attitudes. Undergraduates (N …

This is a study of the cultural forces that contribute to the formation of personal opinion on
moral issues. What a person thinks about abortion is largely influenced by what he or she …

In recent years, much controversy has surrounded the abortion issue. For the most part, this
has centered on the question of women's rights—whether or not women should be allowed …

American public opinion on abortion has been investigated a multitude of times since the
Supreme Court's 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade. In this trends article, we review public attitudes …

Opposition to legalized abortion is related to religious preferences of a stratified national
sample of entering college freshmen (n= 18,004). Categories of preference ranked from high …

Although abortion became legal four decades ago, Americans remain staunchly divided
over its acceptability. While researchers have been interested in the factors shaping abortion …

Objective. This research examines the variables that influence the abortion attitudes of the
three largest Latino populations: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. Methods …

Scholarly analyses of attitudes toward legalized abortion show that Blacks evidence lower
support for legalized abortion than Whites. Efforts to isolate the antecedents of race …