(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Two-thirds of adults in the United States believe a 1973 Supreme Court decision should remain in force, according to a poll by Knowledge Networks released by Associated Press and Yahoo. 66 per cent of respondents think the Roe vs. Wade ruling should not be overturned.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Two-thirds of adults in the United States believe a 1973 Supreme Court decision should remain in force, according to a poll by Knowledge Networks released by Associated Press and Yahoo. 66 per cent of respondents think the Roe vs. Wade ruling should not be overturned.
The 1973 Supreme Court ruling 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."
In 2007, Arizona senator John McCain—the presumptive presidential nominee for the Republican Party in this year’s United States election—discussed his views on abortion, saying, "I have stated time after time after time that Roe v Wade was a bad decision, that I support (…) the rights of the unborn; that I have fought for human rights and human dignity throughout my entire political career. To me, it’s an issue of human rights and human dignity."
Polling Data
In 1973 the Roe vs. Wade decision established a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion. Would you like to see the Supreme Court overturn its Roe vs. Wade decision, or would you like to see Roe vs. Wade remain in force?
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Would like to see Roe vs. Wade remain in force |
66% |
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Would like to see Roe vs. Wade overturned |
32% |
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Refused / Not Answered |
2% |
Source: Knowledge Networks / Associated Press / Yahoo
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,844 American adults, conducted from Apr. 2 to Apr. 14, 2008. Margin of error is 2.3 per cent.
