Abortion

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Would you favor or oppose a law in your state that would ban all abortions except those necessary to save the life of the mother?

	Favor	Oppose	No opinion
	%	%	%
2006 Mar 10-12	36	60	3
Gallup

What is your impression of how most Americans feel about abortion -- do you think most Americans feel -- [ROTATED: abortions should be legal under any circumstances, abortions should be legal only under certain circumstances or abortions should be illegal in all circumstances]?

	Legal under any	Legal under certain	Illegal in all	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2005 May 2-5	13	67	16	4
2001 May 10-14	16	66	11	7
Gallup

Now thinking about future nominees to the United States Supreme Court, how important is it to you, personally, that they share your views on the abortion issue -- very important, somewhat important, not too important or not important at all?

	Very important	Somewhat important	Not too important	Not important at all	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
2005 May 2-5	45	31	15	8	1
Gallup

As you may know, in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a landmark decision on abortion known as Roe versus Wade. Do you think that decision was a -- [ROTATED: good thing (or a) bad thing] -- for the country?