Abortion Attitudes and Availability

Abortion attitudes and personality.

Attitudes toward abortion were predicted by age, sex, and religiosity but not personality in a sample of 99 college students.

Child Abuse and Abortion Availability.

“Unwanted” children may be more subject to child abuse and neglect by their parents or caretakers than are desired children, in part because such children may be born and raised in less favorable circumstances that foster maltreatment. In addition, parents may be more likely to maltreat unwanted children; sociological and medical studies suggest a link between unplanned births and subsequent ch...

Maori attitudes toward abortion.

Students and Computers; Ability, Availability and Attitudes

Mens' attitudes about abortion in Uganda.

Abortion is illegal in Uganda except to save the life of the woman. Nevertheless, the practice is quite common: about 300,000 induced abortions occur annually among Ugandan women aged 15-49 (Singh et al., 2005) and a large proportion of these women require treatment for post-abortion complications. In the male-dominant culture of Uganda, where men control most of the financial resources, men pl...