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Prolife, prochoice, and abortion-neutral links.
Abortion Support Declining among Women, Study Shows
ABC News Poll
Abortion Approval by Birth Cohort
Abortion Approval by Political Leaning
Abortion Approval by Religion and Education
Abortion Approval by Religious Intensity
Abortion Approval by Sex and Race
Abortion Attitudes, Income, and Ethnicity Best of the Net
America is conflicted on abortion
Americans Divided Over Abortion Debate
Americans Oppose Destructive Embryo Research,
Beltway media are out of touch on abortion
Beyond "It's A Baby"
Gallup Abortion Polls over Time
"Middle Majority" Best of the Net
If America Supports Abortion, Let's Vote
More Than 70 Percent Want Abortion Limits, Poll Finds
New Jersey Abortion Poll
Nine Reasons Abortion Should Be Illegal
Poll: Abortion is Manslaughter
Polls Which Reveal A Pro Life Majority
Times They Are A-Changing
"What We Really Think About Abortion"
Study by Center for the Advancement of Women showed 51 percent of women believe abortion should be prohibited in the overwhelming percentage of cases. Seventeen percent believe there should be a total ban, 34 percent say it should be outlawed except for rape, incest, or life of the mother.
Approval of RU-486 by income.
Graph of approval of legal abortion, by decade of birth of respondents.
Graph of approval of legal abortion, by political leaning over time.
Graph of approval of legal abortion, by religious affiliation and level of education.
Graph of approval of legal abortion, by religious affiliation and importance of faith to respondents.
Graph of approval of legal abortion, by race and sex.
No frills, but great data.
A new poll by the Los Angeles Times show support for Roe v. Wade dropping. But even so, support for abortion remains strong. US Politics Guide John Aravosis looks at the poll, and explains the contradiction.
Gallup polls on abortion attitudes.
As two very different bills are introduced in the House of Representatives this week on stem cell research, a new poll commissioned by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops shows that Americans strongly prefer one approach over the other.
The Washington press corps is mostly blind about abortion and about the fact that most of their fellow citizens strongly oppose what is called abortion on demand, that is, surgical termination of the pregnancy at any time for whatever reason.
Excellent analysis of abortion attitudes, by Frederica Matthewes-Green.
Graphs of responses to a variety of Gallup abortion polls over the years.
David Reardon elaborates on research into American attitudes toward abortion -- a must read for prolifers who are perplexed by the prochoice and "mushy middlers."
Jewish World Review Dec. 28, 2000, Ann Coulter looks at the oft-repeated mantra that Americans are enamored of the abortion "choice."
The poll found that 16 percent of Americans think abortions should be illegal in all circumstances, and 55 percent said it should be allowed only in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.
University study of public attitudes to specific abortion questions.
A prolife response to Planned Parenthood's "Nine Reasons Abortion Must Be Legal."
A poll asking a slightly different question from the ususal.
Summaries of results of various polls.
March 1, 1999: A majority of American women -- 53 percent -- now support the pro-life position on abortion, according to a survey commissioned by the Center for Gender Equality, a feminist advocacy group headed by former Planned Parenthood executive director Faye Wattleton.
Mona Charon looks at real American viewpoints versus assumptions about abortion attitudes.
