A new national survey shows an overwhelming majority of Americans support significant safety restrictions on abortion.
“What we found is a consensus of Americans who find abortion to be morally wrong and ultimately harmful to women,” said Patrick Kelly, a vice president for the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal benefits organization that commissioned the survey.
Each year since 2008, the Knights of Columbus has commissioned an abortion survey with the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. This year, Marist found 81 percent of Americans only support abortion in cases of rape, incest, to save the life of the mother, and in the first three months of pregnancy. Researchers also found 60 percent view abortion as morally wrong—including one-third of respondents who identify as pro-choice....