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To: Neocon who wrote (50620)	5/31/1999 3:20:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Neocon, from the latest Gallup poll on abortion. gallup.com Small Gender Differences Observed Abortion is often considered a women's issue, and while, biologically speaking, it certainly is, the latest Gallup poll finds few gender differences in public opinion or voting behavior on the issue. There is no significant difference in the percentage of men and women identifying with the two abortion labels. The pro-choice label is preferred by a plurality of both groups, including 49% of women and 47% of men. The percentage calling themselves pro-life is also very similar: 42% among women and 43% among men. In terms of their specific views about the legality of abortion, women tend to be slightly more liberal, with 41% of women compared to 35% of men saying abortion should be legal under all or most circumstances. However, the majority of both groups favor the more conservative set of positions, with 57% of women and 60% of men saying abortion should be restricted to few or no circumstances. While their basic attitudes toward abortion are similar, women do express somewhat greater intensity about the issue than do men. Overall, 60% of women -- compared with 47% of men -- say they feel very strongly about their abortion views. (Interestingly, women are equally divided -- at 30% each -- between those who are very strongly pro-choice and those who are very strongly pro-life.) However, women are only slightly more likely than are men -- 21% versus 17% -- to say they would vote only for candidates who share their views on the issue. Where Gallup does find significant differences in views on abortion is between people belonging to different political parties, and between those who hold different levels of religious commitment. Democrats and independents are much more likely than are Republicans to consider themselves pro-choice, with slightly more than half of Democrats and independents calling themselves pro-choice, compared to only 38% of Republicans. The differences are even stronger according to the religious commitment of respondents. Among those who say religion is very important in their lives, more than half identify themselves as pro-life. However, among those for whom religion is only fairly important or not important at all, the pro-choice position is the dominant view. For results based on the sample of national adults (N=1,014) surveyed April 30-May 2, 1999, the margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.