Number of pro-lifers hits 15-year high

  Pew Research Center’s new survey reveals that support for legal abortion has dropped 11% from 2008. In fact, two surveys of 5,500 adults found 47% support legal abortions with 44% opposed. That 3% difference is vastly lower than the 14% advantage for the pro-abortion side in recent years.
  The polling firm said, “The pattern of changes suggests that the election of a pro-choice Democrat for president may be a contributing factor.” Gallup editor Lydia Saad also suggests President Barack Obama’s pro-abortion position is the cause of the pro-life shift.
  More Americans support making abortions illegal than at any point in the past 15 years. About as many Americans now say abortions should be illegal in all circumstances (23%) as say it should be legal under any circumstances (22%). The remaining 53% say abortions should be legal, but only under certain circumstances such as rape, incest and danger to the mother’s life.
  By political party, Gallup found that Republicans take a 70-26 percentage point pro-life view. Democrats support abortion 61-33 percent.
  www.lifenews.com, 10/1/09