Tue Jun 27, 2023 – 6:58 pm EDTWed Jun 28, 2023 – 10:55 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — According to the Pew Research Center’s latest survey of abortion attitudes, 62% of Americans think abortion should remain generally legal, while pro-abortion sentiment is even more pervasive across Europe. Other recent polls show lower support for abortion in the U.S., however.
Released June 20, the Pew survey covers 24 nations including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, South Africa, Kenya, Japan, India, Mexico, and more. The survey, which mostly polled industrialized countries, found that overall, 71% of respondents thought abortion should be legal “in all or most cases,” with just 27% taking the opposite view.
In the United States, 62% responded that abortion should be legal in “all or most cases,” as opposed to 36% saying illegal in “all or most.” Pro-abortion sentiment was higher in all of the surveyed nations except Poland (56% generally legal), Indonesia (13%), Israel (51%), South Africa (41%), Kenya (11%), Nigeria (8%), Argentina (53%), Mexico (46%), and Brazil (26%).
Among Canadians, 78% said abortion should be generally legal, as opposed to 17% generally illegal. Support for legal abortion exceeded 70% in
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