Abortion Support Stagnating in Most Regions of US
by Peter Graham on Jul 31, 2013 | Views: 91 | Score: 2
'95/'95 | '12/'13 | |
---|---|---|
New England | 70 | 75 |
Pacific Coast | 65 | 65 |
Mid-Atlantic | 64 | 61 |
Mountain West | 56 | 59 |
Great Lakes | 53 | 50 |
South Atlantic | 53 | 50 |
Midwest | 55 | 47 |
South Central | 52 | 40 |
% from each region saying abortion should be legal in all/most cases
Sources:
people-press.org
Within the past two decades, there has been a noticeable diminishing or stagnating of support for legal abortion in all or most cases. Only the Mountain West and New England regions reported greater support of any kind, together totaling a 8 percentage point increase in support. Across all other regions, a 29 percentage point decrease.