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http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/may/16/poll-more-americans-call-themselves-anti-abortion/
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NEW YORK � A Gallup Poll released Friday found that 51 percent of
Americans now call themselves anti-abortion rather than for abortion
rights on the issue of abortion, the first time a majority gave that
answer in the 15 years that Gallup has asked the question.
The findings, obtained in an annual survey on values and beliefs conducted
May 7-10, marked a significant shift from a year ago. A year ago, 50
percent said they were for abortion rights and 44 percent anti-abortion �
in the new poll, 42 percent said they were for abortion rights.
The new survey showed that Americans remained deeply divided on the
legality of abortion � with 23 percent saying it should be illegal in all
circumstances, 22 percent saying it should be legal under any
circumstances, and 53 percent saying it should be legal only under certain
circumstances.
The findings echoed a recent national survey by the Pew Research Center,
which reported a sharp decline since last August in those saying abortion
should be legal in all or most cases � from 54 percent to 46 percent.
Taken together, the two polls have elated anti-abortion activists, who had
been stung by the November election results that placed President Obama
and other abortion-rights supporters in power in Washington.
�Ironically, Obama�s radical abortion policies and nominees may have
helped make America more pro-life,� said Wendy Wright, president of the
conservative advocacy group Concerned Women for America.
The Rev. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention�s
Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, said the poll findings demonstrate
that the anti-abortion cause �is a vibrant, growing, youthful movement.�
�We are winning the battle for hearts and minds in our culture on the life
issue,� he said.
The president of a leading abortion-rights group, Nancy Keenan of NARAL
Pro-Choice America, said the Gallup findings �do not square with the
voting patterns in the last two elections cycles.�
�It would be a mistake for anti-choice groups to interpret this one poll
as a signal that Americans want even more interference from politicians in
their personal, private decisions, including a woman�s right to choose
safe, legal abortion,� Keenan said.
Another abortion-rights leader, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
President Cecile Richards, questioned the terminology in the Gallup
questions.
�The terms pro-choice and pro-life no longer define the parameters of the
debate, witnessed by the fact that in the Gallup Poll, a majority of
people say they are both pro-life and that abortion should be legal,�
Richards said.
She added that most Americans share Obama�s stated goal of reducing the
number of unintended pregnancies.
Planned Parenthood also noted that another recent national survey, a
CNN/Opinion Research poll in April, reported 49 percent of respondents
identifying as for abortion rights and 45 percent as anti-abortion.
The Gallup Poll�s release came just ahead of Obama�s scheduled
commencement speech today at the University of Notre Dame, where he also
is to receive an honorary degree.
Those plans by the Roman Catholic university have sparked a wave of
protests by anti-abortion activists, who contend Notre Dame should not
honor such a prominent supporter of abortion rights.
Gallup said its new poll showed an increase in the anti-abortion position
across Christian religious affiliations, including an eight-point gain
among Protestants and a seven-point gain among Catholics.
It also reported a 10-point shift toward the anti-abortion category among
Republicans but said there was no significant change among Democrats.
In the new poll, men identify as anti-abortion, 54 percent to 39 percent,
while women also tilt anti-abortion 49 percent to 44 percent. A year ago,
Gallup found more women calling themselves abortion rights supporters than
anti-abortion, by 50 percent to 43 percent, while men were more closely
divided: 49 percent for abortion rights, 46 percent anti-abortion.
The Gallup survey was based on telephone interviews with 1,015 adults
nationwide. Its margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3 percentage
points.
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Il sondaggio � stato molto dibattuto negli Usa perch� ci sono risultati 
contradditori:
"Beliefnet's Steve Waldman points to a recent Third Way survey in which 69 
percent of Americans said abortion was the "taking of a human life," but 72 
percent nevertheless said it should be legal.
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=3208
 "
Praticamente pi� Americani si dichiarano pro-life, ma nello stesso tempo 
vogliono  che l'aborto  rimanga legale con percentuali molto alte, sempre 
pi� del 65%. Si stanno europeizzando insomma. Adesso  nei sondaggi dicono: 
sono pro-life, ma penso che non si deve rendere illegale l'aborto.
La controprova si ha  nel South Dakota, stato profondamente Repubblicano, 
dove  per ben 2 volte recentemente, proposte di rendere illegale  l'aborto 
nella maggior parte dei casi, sono state bocciate  sonoramente dalla 
popolazione.