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Will the Abortion Issue Help or Hurt McCain?

Women divide 50% pro-choice, 43% pro-life

September 3, 2008
While a slightly greater share of American women consider themselves “pro-choice” (50%) than “pro-life” (43%), few say the issue is critical to their vote.More ...

Abortion Issue Laying Low in 2008 Campaign

Few Americans say candidates’ abortion views are critical to their vote

May 22, 2008
Just 13% of Americans say they will vote only for candidates for major offices who share their views on abortion. In a departure from recent elections, pro-life Americans are not substantially more likely than pro-choice persons to say the issue will be key for them.More ...
Americans' Views on Abortion Remain Static

Americans' Views on Abortion Remain Static

May 22, 2008
A majority of Americans (54%) say that abortion should be legal only under certain circumstances, a number that has barely budged over the past few years.
What's Morally Acceptable in 2008?

What's Morally Acceptable in 2008?

May 19, 2008
Gallup reports Americans' views on the moral permissibility of certain acts, including abortion, adultery, and homosexual relations.
Gallup Glance Around the Globe

Gallup Glance Around the Globe

April 29, 2008
Data-driven insights into Americans' tax rebates, a proposed oil pipeline from Iran to India, rising food prices in the U.S., and the aborting of female fetuses in India.

Republicans Split Over Which Candidate Best on Abortion

No consensus emerges as to which candidate would do best on most issues

October 5, 2007
None of the top Republican presidential candidates emerges as the clear leader in Republicans' ratings of who would do the best job of handling each of 17 key issues tested in a recent Gallup Poll. In particular, Republicans show no consensus as to who would best handle moral values issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Rudy Giuliani generally performs the best in the issue ratings, especially on terrorism, crime, and race relations.More ...

Abortion

With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life? Do you think abortions should be legal under any circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances, or illegal in all circumstances?More ...

The Recent "Partial-Birth Abortion" Decision and Views of U.S. Supreme Court

Positive and negative references to the decision balance each other out

June 7, 2007
Gallup set out to investigate whether the Supreme Court's approval rating has been affected by public reaction to its April 2007 decision to uphold the federal ban on partial-birth abortions. The partial-birth abortion decision does not emerge as a dominant issue when thinking about the high court. It is only a minor factor -- and one where attitudes pro and con are evenly balanced.More ...

Public Divided on "Pro-Choice" vs. "Pro-Life" Abortion Labels

Few are single-issue voters

May 21, 2007
Americans hold a complex set of beliefs about the legality of abortion. But when the entire issue is distilled to the labels most commonly used on each side of the debate -- pro-choice vs. pro-life -- the public is split down the middle. Most Americans say the abortion issue factors into their vote for major offices, but relatively few are "single-issue" voters on the issue. This holds true even among pro-life Republicans.More ...

Slim Majority Approves of Supreme Court Following Partial-Birth Ruling

Americans overwhelmingly say partial-birth abortion should be illegal

May 15, 2007
A bare majority of the public approves of the job the Supreme Court is doing, and compared with last fall, the court's approval ratings are down among Democrats, independents, and Republicans alike. Consistent with the court's recent ruling, most Americans support a ban on partial-birth abortions. However, most Americans do not want to see the Supreme Court "overturn" the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.More ...
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