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I think Hemingway is a genius in using symbolism…it all depends on the reader’s level of insight and imagination. I’ve been scouring the net hoping to find an official statement by Hemingway that confirms our interpretations of his short story.

This website has an in-depth, line-by-line literary analysis on the short story - as well as a forum to discuss its various elements and interpretations:

Machete Blog | Hills Like White Elephants Literary Analysis

This is the CORRECT LINK:

Machete Blog | Hills Like White Elephants Literary Analysis

I checked out this site.  While it does have some basic information about the short story, it is a pretty thin analysis.  You would be much better off to visit the eNotes link: 

http://www.enotes.com/hills-like/themes

Just for quick reference, consider the symbolism of the title alone.  A "white elephant" is usually something unwanted that you are stuck with nonetheless.  Furthermore, hills could be considered as the peaks and valleys of a relationship, echo the travels by train that the couple takes through the hills, dividing them from the past and the future while the plunge on through the present; and even the symbolism of a woman's extended belly being both hill-like and elephantine during pregnancy.

I am sure many other editors here can comment on additional symbolism, but this is a start! 

"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway is a short story that provokes not only the reader's intellect but also his/ her moral stand. There were critical moral issues addressed in this story; abortion, teenage pregnancy, and morality to name a few. hemingway also used symbols to enrich the text. The color-white, elephants and hills basically emphasized the "PREGNANCY" issue in the story. Also, we can say that the setting and the conversations added the beauty of the work. It may sound so simple but Hemingway has his way of simplicity.