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Two-in-Five Americans Back Abortion Rights
May 27, 2007
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in the United States appear satisfied with their country’s pregnancy termination guidelines, according to a poll by the New York Times and CBS News. 41 per cent of respondents believe abortion should be generally available to those who want it, up five points since March.
Conversely, 37 per cent of respondents believe abortion should be available but under stricter limits than it is now, while 21 per cent think the procedure should not be permitted.
A Supreme Court ruling in 1973 gave American women the right to an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy, and regulated the procedure during the second trimester "in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health." In the third trimester, a state can choose to proscribe abortion, except when necessary "for the preservation of the life or health of the mother."
Last month, a Supreme Court ruling effectively banned partial birth abortion—a procedure performed in the late-term of pregnancy when the fetus can survive outside the womb—without making an exception for the health of the mother.
On May 24, the Louisiana House of Representatives voted unanimously to outlaw partial birth abortion in the state. The legislation contemplates a $10,000 U.S. fine and/or a sentence of one year in prison for a person convicted of performing a partial birth abortion.
Polling Data
Which of these comes closest to your view? Abortion should be generally available to those who want it; Abortion should be available but under stricter limits than it is now; or Abortion should not be permitted?
May 2007 Mar. 2007 Jan. 2006
Generally available
39% 34% 38%
Stricter limits
37% 41% 39%
Not be permitted
21% 23% 21%
Not sure
2% 2% 3%
May 27, 2007
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in the United States appear satisfied with their country’s pregnancy termination guidelines, according to a poll by the New York Times and CBS News. 41 per cent of respondents believe abortion should be generally available to those who want it, up five points since March.
Conversely, 37 per cent of respondents believe abortion should be available but under stricter limits than it is now, while 21 per cent think the procedure should not be permitted.
A Supreme Court ruling in 1973 gave American women the right to an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy, and regulated the procedure during the second trimester "in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health." In the third trimester, a state can choose to proscribe abortion, except when necessary "for the preservation of the life or health of the mother."
Last month, a Supreme Court ruling effectively banned partial birth abortion—a procedure performed in the late-term of pregnancy when the fetus can survive outside the womb—without making an exception for the health of the mother.
On May 24, the Louisiana House of Representatives voted unanimously to outlaw partial birth abortion in the state. The legislation contemplates a $10,000 U.S. fine and/or a sentence of one year in prison for a person convicted of performing a partial birth abortion.
Polling Data
Which of these comes closest to your view? Abortion should be generally available to those who want it; Abortion should be available but under stricter limits than it is now; or Abortion should not be permitted?
May 2007 Mar. 2007 Jan. 2006
Generally available
39% 34% 38%
Stricter limits
37% 41% 39%
Not be permitted
21% 23% 21%
Not sure
2% 2% 3%
