Over 80 percent of Americans are in favor of major restrictions on abortion, according to recently released results of a poll commissioned by Knights of Columbus and conducted by The Marist Institute for Public Opinion.
"We've been doing polls like this for a number of years. The numbers have consistently been in this range for the last four years so it wasn't a surprise to us," said Andrew Walthers of Knights of Columbus in a telephone interview with The Christian Post last week.However, most people however would probably assume differently in a society where you can have an abortion "on-demand" he noted.
The highlights of the poll conducted December 4-6, 2012 were revealed in a press release last Tuesday. The results showed that support for significant abortion restrictions increased by four points since last year – rising from 79 percent to 83 percent.
Of the 83 percent who support significant restrictions on abortion, 10 percent believe abortion should never be permitted; 12 percent believe abortion should be allowed only to save the life of the mother; 34 percent would restrict abortion only to cases of rape or incest, or to save the life of the mother; and 27 percent would limit abortion to – at most – the first three months of pregnancy.
Only 11 percent would allow abortion at any time, while 6 percent would allow it during the first six months of pregnancy.
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