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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-05 10:40 AM
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Majority in U.S. Supports Abortion Availability (Quinnipiac poll)
May 30, 2005

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the United States consider that pregnancy termination should be allowed, according to a poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. 55 per cent of respondents say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, while 41 per cent disagree. <snip>

Do you think abortion should be legal in all cases, legal in most cases, illegal in most cases or illegal in all cases?

May 2005 Mar. 2005 Dec. 2004

Legal in all cases 18% 19% 16%
Legal in most cases 37% 35% 41%
Illegal in most cases 27% 24% 26%
Illegal in all cases 14% 15% 13%

In general do you agree or disagree with the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion?

May 2005 Mar. 2003

Agree 63% 63%
Disagree 33% 34%

Source: Quinnipiac University Polling Institute
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,104 registered American voters

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=7414
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-05 11:11 AM
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1. What is most interesting
is to follow the trend. There's not much of a change, but there is a slight decrease in the anti-abortion crowd who are for making abortion illegal in all cases. Interesting that the percentages for these are always slightly lower than those who say abortion should be available in all cases.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-05 11:12 AM
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2. well, if bush can call his 'win' a mandate--then so can this poll be
a people's mandate.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-05 11:13 AM
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3. nominated--we need to spread the peoples mandate far and wide
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-05 11:15 AM
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4. Also a shift from "legal in most cases" to "legal in all cases"
interesting - maybe abortion supporters have had enough of the anti-abortion crowd's antics amd have hardened their position
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Nederland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:24 AM
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5. Even more interesting
...is that the extremes, the people that want abortion legal in all cases and those that want it illegal in all cases, make up a mere third of the total population. This tells me that the vast majority of the population--66% or more--has a moderate stance on abortion.
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