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Recent polls show Americans shifting to pro-life attitudes.
"Washington DC, May 9, 2006 / 12:00 am (CNA).-
According to recent nationwide opinion polls, support for Roe v. Wade is
waning and the majority of Americans would support restrictions on
abortion, observes Deirdre McQuade, director of planning and information
at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop’s Secretariat for Pro-Life
Activities.
McQuade notes that “public opinion has moved progressively away from
supporting unqualified access to abortion.”
“This is a real sign of hope,” she said, “for both women and their
unborn children.” McQuade is hopeful this trend will continue.
A May 4 Harris poll found that support for Roe v. Wade has dropped below
50 percent nationally for the first time in 30 years. It also showed
that 44 percent of Americans said they would support a law in their own
state like South Dakota's, which bans all abortions except to save the
mother's life.
“An April 2006 survey by the Polling Company, Inc./WomanTrend found that
54 percent support limiting legal abortion to the extreme circumstances
of rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother,” McQuade said. An
additional 21 percent would limit abortion to the first trimester. Roe
v. Wade allows for abortion at any time throughout pregnancy.
In March, a Zogby poll found majority support for abortion regulations
such as informed consent laws for women and parental notification laws,
with 69 percent favoring such measures for girls under 17 years old."
(source:
CNA Article)
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