Majority of Americans Favor More Restrictions on Abortion, New Poll Shows
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
August 7, 2006

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new poll conducted by the Pew Research Center and released at the end of last week finds a strong majority of Americans want more restrictions on abortions and almost half say it should be illegal in all or most circumstances.

The July 6-19 poll surveyed 2,003 American adults and found that 46 percent of Americans want abortion to be banned altogether (11 percent) or legal only in a few rare instances (35 percent).

Along with those, another 20 percent said abortion should be allowed but want more restrictions on it -- making a total of 64 percent of Americans who want abortions banned or restricted.the rest