(NRLC) Each year, around the time of the March for Life in January, the Knights of Columbus, in conjunction with the Marist Poll, produces a revealing poll that goes above and beyond asking the usual questions.
Released this morning (Jan. 23), the Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll “show that 67% of Americans support placing legal limits on abortion, and that 60% support limiting abortions to at most the first three months of pregnancy.” Not ideal but a long way from support for the Democrats’ ideal—abortion without limit throughout pregnancy (and paid for with taxpayer dollars) and Democrats aggressive resistance to a law that would protect helpless babies born alive following a “failed” abortion.
For example, only 27% of the 1,387 adults surveyed this month agreed that an abortion “should be available to a woman any time she wants one during her entire pregnancy.”
There are additional results that reveal the public is decidedly on the side of life.
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*57% oppose using tax dollars to pay for abortion. That increases to 73% who oppose using tax dollars to support abortion services in other countries.
*83% support the saintly work of pregnancy resource centers.
* 82% responded to the question “When asked “Which statement comes closer to your view: It is possible to have laws which protect both the health and well-being of a woman and the life of the unborn, or it is necessary for laws to choose to protect one and not the other?”—by answering that laws can support both mother and baby.
*62% say doctors, nurses, or other healthcare professionals who have religious objections to abortion but practice where abortion is legal, should not be legally required to perform abortions.
*63% say that for women receiving the abortion pill, “an in-person visit with a healthcare professional should be required.”
Tweet This: Multiple results in the latest Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll reveal the American public is decidedly on the side of life.
“The Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll once again shows that a majority of Americans support legal restrictions on abortion, and an overwhelming majority support pregnancy resource centers, which assist mothers and their children in greatest need,” said Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly.
Editor's note: This article was published by National Right to Life News and is reprinted with permission.
