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Friday, October 2, 2009

Americans Becoming More Po-Life; 42% Don’t Know Obama’s ‘Pro-Choice’


A new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center has found declining support for legalized abortion and widespread ignorance of President Barack Obama’s position on the issue. 45% of Americans-- and 45% of Catholics-- believe that abortion should be illegal in most or all cases, while 47% of Americans-- and 45% of Catholics-- believe that abortion should be legal in most or all cases. In 2007-8, 41% of Americans and 42% of Catholics were pro-life, while 54% of Americans and 53% of Catholics said abortion should be legal in most or all circumstances.

Catholics who attend Mass weekly are now pro-life by a 67%-26% margin (compared to 57%-36% in 2007-8).

Remarkably, 42% of Americans-- and the majority of moderate and conservative Democrats-- do not know that President Barack Obama is “pro-choice.”

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