NBC/WSJ Poll: 54% say abortion should be legal "either always or most of the time"

[Bill USA]

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/21/16626932-nbcwsj-poll-majority-for-first-time-want-abortion-to-be-legal?lite

What’s more, seven in 10 respondents oppose Roe v. Wade being overturned, which is the highest percentage on this question since 1989.

“These are profound changes,” says Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted this survey with Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart and his colleagues.

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The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision established a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, at least in the first three months of pregnancy.

According to the poll, 54 percent of adults say that abortion should be legal either always or most of the time, while a combined 44 percent said it should be illegal – either with or without exceptions.
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[Thinkingabout]

1. It should always be available, it is difficult to have a time line on it since there

Are some medical emergencies which may arise after the three months period and especially in a case of rape or incest with a young lady who just may not have the experience or knowledge to realize she may be pregnant. Hopefully the American Taliban will have their sharia laws tossed out and learn to stay out of personal choices.

[BrotherIvan]

2. Glad to see 54% as I thought it might be lower

We must push these fundnuts back into their caves because they speak for a very small, very loud, very divorced from all reality minority.