Catholics who are aware of U.S. bishops’ concerns about restrictions on religious liberty generally agree with the bishops’ concerns. Yet the bishops’ protests against government policies they see as restrictive of religious liberty have not drawn much more interest among Catholics than among the general public. And there are no […] Read more »
Religion, Values, and Experiences: Black and Hispanic American Attitudes on Abortion and Reproductive Issues
… The African American & Hispanic Reproductive Issues Survey, conducted by Public Religion Research Institute and released today in a national teleconference, provides a deeper look than public opinion polls usually supply into minority communities’ perspectives on abortion, the use of contraception, and other reproductive issues. [cont.] Public Religion Research […] Read more »
Nonreligious, Postgrads Are Highly ‘Pro-Choice’
Most subgroups in the United States tend to describe their views on abortion as “pro-life” rather than “pro-choice,” reflecting the views of all U.S. adults. However, apart from the partisan distinctions in abortion ID that Gallup reviewed last week, there are two major exceptions to this — postgraduates and nonreligious […] Read more »
Pro-choice and pro-life? On abortion, Americans say ‘it’s complicated.’
… Support for legal abortion has remained steady even as Americans’ identification with the politicized “pro-choice” or “pro-life” labels has fluctuated. Using binary labels to gauge public opinion on an issue as nuanced and complicated as abortion will be futile unless it is accompanied by questions that delve into Americans’ […] Read more »
What the polling on abortion actually tells us
… Gallup released a poll this week ostensibly affirming the optimism of those opposed to abortion. … You might think by these percentages that we’re entering a new era on the abortion rights front. But you’d be mistaken. [ cont. ] Harry J. Enten, The Guardian Read more »
‘Pro-Choice’ Americans at Record-Low 41%
The 41% of Americans who now identify themselves as “pro-choice” is down from 47% last July and is one percentage point below the previous record low in Gallup trends, recorded in May 2009. Fifty percent now call themselves “pro-life,” one point shy of the record high, also from May 2009. […] Read more »