Over 75 percent of college students support legal abortion
Only 22 percent of college students believe that abortion should be illegal, with 5 percent believing that it should be illegal in “all cases.”
However, the results differ from how all Americans feel about abortion, as the fraction from this group that believes abortion should be legal drops to 58 percent.
According to the survey, when expanded to all Americans, 37 percent believe that abortion should be illegal.
Female students are more likely to use abortion as a “litmus test” when it comes to elections, according to College Pulse. While nearly eight in ten female college students claim that they are not likely to support a candidate who has differing opinions on abortion, only 57 percent of male college students hold the same opinion....
Dr. Alan Cairns | 6/22/2009
