For decades, pro-abortion advocates have lost ground in public opinion, in part due to medical technologies that allow women to see their babies develop and even flourish pre-birth and post-birth. However, the answer to one important question remains largely unknown to the public:
When does life begin?
Gallup Politics, which has been tracking abortion opinion since 1976, indicates two consistent and complementary trends: The percentages of Americans who believe abortion should be legal in some and all circumstances have experienced spiky but substantial declines from their highs in the mid-1990s. The percentage who believe abortion should be illegal in all circumstances has nearly doubled from a low in 1990.
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