*Martin Robbins: *Polls in recent years shows that men support more liberal abortion laws than women - even among Catholics. Are they accurate, and if so what could explain the counter-intuitive gender divide?
It's often assumed that women support abortion rights while men seek to deny them - when Jeremy Hunt suggested reducing the legal abortion limit to 12 weeks, for example, The Telegraph remarked that his comments "could have an impact on the Conservatives attempts to boost their support among female voters." That makes it all the more surprising that so much of the abuse directed at Josie Cunningham, monstered for apparently considering an abortion to appear on Big Brother, came from women. But is the assumption correct in the first place?
Polling on abortion, as highlighted by UKPollingReport back in 2012, is pretty clear when it comes to the attitudes of men and women:
Polls consistently show that women are more likely than men to support a reduction on the abortion limit. In the 2011 YouGov poll 28% of men supported a reduction, 46% of women did. In the 2012 YouGov poll 24% of men supported a reduction, 49% of women did. In the Angus Reid poll 35% of men supported a reduction in the limit, 59% of women did. In the ICM poll 45% of men supported a reduction to 20 weeks, 59% of women did.
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It's often assumed that women support abortion rights while men seek to deny them - when Jeremy Hunt suggested reducing the legal abortion limit to 12 weeks, for example, The Telegraph remarked that his comments "could have an impact on the Conservatives attempts to boost their support among female voters." That makes it all the more surprising that so much of the abuse directed at Josie Cunningham, monstered for apparently considering an abortion to appear on Big Brother, came from women. But is the assumption correct in the first place?
Polling on abortion, as highlighted by UKPollingReport back in 2012, is pretty clear when it comes to the attitudes of men and women:
Polls consistently show that women are more likely than men to support a reduction on the abortion limit. In the 2011 YouGov poll 28% of men supported a reduction, 46% of women did. In the 2012 YouGov poll 24% of men supported a reduction, 49% of women did. In the Angus Reid poll 35% of men supported a reduction in the limit, 59% of women did. In the ICM poll 45% of men supported a reduction to 20 weeks, 59% of women did.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 1 day ago.