Gallup: 61% Think Most Abortions Should Be Illegal

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

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Sixty-one percent of American adults—including some who describe themselves as “pro-choice”—told Gallup in a survey conducted May 5-8 that abortion should be illegal in all or most circumstances.

The Gallup survey, published today, asked 1,018 American adults whether they considered themselves “pro-choice” or “pro-life” on abortion. It also asked: “Do you think abortions should be legal under any circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances, or illegal in all circumstances?”

For those who answered that abortion should be “legal only under certain circumstances,” Gallup asked the follow-up question: “Do you think abortion should be legal in most circumstances or only in a few circumstances?”


Forty-nine percent told Gallup they were pro-choice and 45 percent said they were pro-life, marking the first time since May 2008 that the percentage of Americans describing themselves to Gallup as pro-choice exceeded the percentage describing themselves as pro-life.

(Pro-life self-identification peaked in May 2009, when 51 percent told Gallup they were pro-life and 42 percent said they were pro-choice.)

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

As a nation, we really need to be doing more to help stop the flood of unwanted pregnancies which would, I hope, reduce the number of abortions being sought.

[chiver78]

May 24, 2011 16:46:53 GMT -5 ❤ mollymouser ❤ said:

As a nation, we really need to be doing more to help stop the flood of unwanted pregnancies which would, I hope, reduce the number of abortions being sought.

the anti-choice crowd will never admit that fact.

[ed1066]

May 24, 2011 16:53:53 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

May 24, 2011 16:46:53 GMT -5 ❤ mollymouser ❤ said:

As a nation, we really need to be doing more to help stop the flood of unwanted pregnancies which would, I hope, reduce the number of abortions being sought.

the anti-choice crowd will never admit that fact.

And I would have expected major progress in this area when the pro-abortion Democrats controlled the House, Senate and the White House. But apparently, there is a lot of money to be made in the baby-killing industry, and that trumped everything else...

[thyme4change]

I think having babies should be illegal in a whole bunch of circumstances - but gallop never calls me.

The survey results doesn't even make sense.

[lakhota]

This interpretation of the OP is slightly different...

Americans Still Split Along "Pro-Choice," "Pro-Life" Lines

PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans are closely divided between those calling themselves "pro-choice" and those who are "pro-life," now 49% and 45%, respectively, in Gallup's 2011 update on U.S. abortion attitudes. This is similar to a year ago, when 45% were "pro-choice" and 47% "pro-life." However, it is the first time since 2008 that the "pro-choice" position has had the numerical advantage on this Gallup trend.



More: www.gallup.com/poll/147734/Americans-Split-Along-Pro-Choice-Pro-Life-Lines.aspx

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

May 24, 2011 16:46:53 GMT -5 ❤ mollymouser ❤ said:

As a nation, we really need to be doing more to help stop the flood of unwanted pregnancies which would, I hope, reduce the number of abortions being sought.

I agree. We have been promoting abstinence and opposing welfare for 50 years in an attempt to stem the tide, but it's been an uphill battle.

[Deleted]

Why would you say that, chiver? Many of us are VERY in favor of women and MEN taking advantage of the MANY ways, even free ways, to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

[Gardening Grandma]

May 24, 2011 18:01:38 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

May 24, 2011 16:46:53 GMT -5 ❤ mollymouser ❤ said:

As a nation, we really need to be doing more to help stop the flood of unwanted pregnancies which would, I hope, reduce the number of abortions being sought.

I agree. We have been promoting abstinence and opposing welfare for 50 years in an attempt to stem the tide, but it's been an uphill battle.

Yes, because promoting abstinence works so well!

[marshabar1]

[Deleted]

I looked that baby up, Marsha. 20 weeks gestation. Within what pro-choice people find acceptable. Sorry, that's a baby.

[chiver78]

May 24, 2011 18:12:02 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

Why would you say that, chiver? Many of us are VERY in favor of women and MEN taking advantage of the MANY ways, even free ways, to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

I'm not referring to you, krickitt....

[Deleted]

This is NOT an abortion. It is a 21 week baby-- alive.

[thyme4change]

Most people are comfortable with voluntary until 14 weeks, and for a medical cause after that. A medical cause does not necessarily mean that anyone's life is in danger, but there is a medical problem, such as a birth defect, that will significantly reduce the quality of life for the child.

[ugonow]

JMO,but I doubt making abortions illegal will end either unwanted pregnancies or abortions.....

[mmhmm]

In my opinion, the picture you've posted, krickitt, is not 21 weeks gestation. At 21 weeks, a fetus is about 8" long and weighs around 10-11 ounces. Even with high-technology in neonatal intensive care, these little ones rarely make it. Some will make it for an hour, a day, but they don't leave the hospital. The baby shown in the picture is older ... probably by a couple of weeks, so there may be more hope. It's not unusual for the gestational figure to be off by a week, or so.

To qualify, I've said right along I believe 21 weeks should be the determinating age for viability. I still believe that.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

May 24, 2011 18:28:17 GMT -5 Gardening Grandma said:

May 24, 2011 18:01:38 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

I agree. We have been promoting abstinence and opposing welfare for 50 years in an attempt to stem the tide, but it's been an uphill battle.

Yes, because promoting abstinence works so well!

It works very well, in fact. You just have to put down your agenda, and learn what's happening out in the real world that's working.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

The point is that we've moved away from abortion on demand and reasonable people are starting to realize what we've learned from science and that there have to be restrictions.

[ed1066]

May 24, 2011 18:54:56 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Most people are comfortable with voluntary until 14 weeks, and for a medical cause after that. A medical cause does not necessarily mean that anyone's life is in danger, but there is a medical problem, such as a birth defect, that will significantly reduce the quality of life for the child.

Right. Or, a mother who decides she'll be depressed if she has to raise a child. That's a "medical problem" too, right?

[Angel!]

This survey merely supports what many pro-choice people say - pro-choice doesn't equal pro-abortion. Most pro-choice people don't favor abortions as a means of birth control & don't believe abortions should be just done at a whim. But, most pro-choice people believe that ultimately it should be the woman's decision & there is at least some point in the pregnancy when abortion is acceptable, whereas pro-lifers want it to be all-out illegal.

I don't find the results of this survey surprising at all. But, thanks PBP for once again proving he doesn't really understand most pro-choicer's views on the subject.