On Abortion, Americans Discern Between Immoral and Illegal

Americans are often more likely to view behaviors as morally wrong than they are to advocate that these behaviors be made illegal. …

We recently looked at several moral issues for which we have both the public’s views of the moral acceptability of the issue and their views on making it illegal.

Abortion provides the most striking example of the disparity between these attitudes. CONT.

Frank Newport & Robert Bird, Gallup