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As debate heats up, Canadian support for unrestricted abortions skyrockets
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Nov 16, 2012 01:18pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Matt Gurney |
| News Date | Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Forum Research poll for the National Post recently asked 1,735 randomly selected Canadians 18 years of age or older when abortion should be legal.
A full 60% of Canadians said always.
That’s surprisingly high. Even more surprising: That number’s skyrocketed in recent months. In a similar Forum poll conducted last February, only 51% of Canadians took that position.
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But why the blip?
Forum president Lorne Bozinoff has a theory: “In the absence of anything else happening, it appears [Conservative] MP Stephen Woodworth’s attempt to re-open the abortion debate had the effect of hardening opinion in favour of legal abortion.” |
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