Attitudes Toward Abortion In the last two decades studies on the correlates of attitudes toward abortion have proliferated (Hertel, et al., 1974; Renzi, 1975; Granberg, 1978; McIntosh, et al., 1979; D'Antonio and Stack, 1980; Benin, 1985; Harris and Mills, 1985; McCutcheon, 1987; Jelen, 1988). Although these studies have clarified which variables are related to attitudes toward abortion, the reasons for these relationships have been largely left unexplained. Thus, much of the literature lacks theoretical coherence. In this study, an effort is made to contribute to the understanding of attitudes toward abortion by clarifying and adding to the theoretical base underlying the existing lite