In recent years, abortion has become a salient issue in Mexican politics. In this study, we intend to use data from the World Values Surveys to acertain the correlates of attitudes toward abortion among Mexican mass publics. We will examine the effects of attitudinal variables (respect for life,...

Abortion attitudes are compared in three countries whose laws have become more restrictive: El Salvador, Poland, and the US. The sources of abortionatittudes in these countries are compared to those in Mexico, Czech Republic, and Canada, respectively. In the first two comparisons, feminist...