Addressing Opposition Toward Abortion: Adherence to Internalized Misogyny and Personal Belief in a Just World Moderate Religious Opposition to Abortion

INTRODUCTION The current study examined attitudes toward abortion to give a more nuanced perspective of a) the predictive value of conservatism (in political or religious terms) and b) whether one's sense of personal belief in a just world and internalized misogyny influence how strongly political conservatism, religion, and abortion attitudes are correlated. METHODS A convenience non-probability sample of 236 Greek Orthodox Christian female participants (M_age_ = 33.31, _SD_ = 12.56) participated in the current online study. Using the bootstrapping method (Hayes, 2013; Model 1), we examined whether personal belief in a just world and internalized misogyny influence the degree to which religiosity and abortion attitudes and political positioning and abortion attitudes correlate. RESULTS Based on this study's findings, anti-abortion attitudes are higher in religious women who endorse personal belief in a just world and internalized misogyny. CONCLUSION System-justifying ideologies can serve as significant foundations of gender discriminatory attitudes, such as anti-abortion attitudes. This study underlines the critical role of intervening at both the ideological and individual levels. IMPLICATIONS This study's findings can be useful to organizations promoting gender equality and women's human rights worldwide. Given the significance of these issues for today's societies, it is most important to emphasize women's confronting ways and styles under critical conditions.