Looks like the feminists are suddenly losing their one main victory. Abortion is falling out of favor with more Americans now saying they are pro-life.
For the first time in at least seven years, Gallup is now finding more respondents saying they are against abortion.
Half of Americans consider themselves “pro-choice” on abortion, surpassing the 44% who identify as “pro-life.” This is the first time since 2008 that the pro-choice position has had a statistically significant lead in Americans’ abortion views.
For most of the past five years, Americans have been fairly evenly divided in their association with the two abortion labels. The only exception between 2010 and 2014 was in May 2012, when the pro-life position led by 50% to 41%.
Prior to 2009, the pro-choice side almost always predominated, including in the mid-1990s by a substantial margin. While support for the pro-choice position has yet to return to the 53% to 56% level seen at the time, the trend has been moving in that direction since the 2012 reading.
This is quite a turn around from the 80s when few said they were pro-life and anti-abortion. So, here is one social issue that conservatives have gained ground with. Good news.