CNN Poll: 62% Want All or Most Abortions Illegal

CNN Poll: 62% Want All or Most Abortions Made Illegal | LifeNews.com: CNN asked the question, “Do you think abortion should be legal under any circumstances, legal under only certain circumstances, or illegal in all circumstances?” The survey found 25 percent of Americans want all abortions legal while 21 percent want all abortions illegal, and it had a large group of 53 percent of Americans saying abortions should be legal only under certain circumstances.

Related: In Reasons US Women Have Abortions, researchers said

The reasons most frequently cited were that having a child would interfere with a woman's education, work or ability to care for dependents (74%); that she could not afford a baby now (73%); and that she did not want to be a single mother or was having relationship problems (48%). Nearly four in 10 women said they had completed their childbearing, and almost one-third were not ready to have a child. Fewer than 1% said their parents' or partners' desire for them to have an abortion was the most important reason. Younger women often reported that they were unprepared for the transition to motherhood, while older women regularly cited their responsibility to dependents.

All of these are valid reasons for abstaining from sexual activity or using birth control, not -- according to most Americans -- for having an abortion. The "certain circumstances" usually cited as permitting abortion include those not mentioned in the summary above: Rape (1%), incest (less than .5%), possible problem with the health of the baby (13%), or the mother's health (12%).

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