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That poll needs to be explicit about the definition of abortion to be a useful disambiguation. Most people probably don't even consider treating an ectopic preg
by COGlory 3y ago
That poll needs to be explicit about the definition of abortion to be a useful disambiguation. Most people probably don't even consider treating an ectopic pregnancy an abortion, just like how most people don't consider killing someone in self defense to be murder, juts as an example. I'd imagine that healthy viable fetus is likely implicit in a lot of people's personal definition, even those personally against it.
- zamadatix 3y agoIf people didn't commonly consider situations which threaten the mother's life actual abortion the Alabama abortion law wouldn't list it as an allowed case for abortion it'd list it as not abortion. What one imagines people probably think is neither here nor there. Regardless, here is another poll https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/05/06/americas-abortion-quandary/pf_05-06-22_abortion-views_0_2/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/05/06/americas-abo..., this time by Pew, which supports that a similar 10% of the total population respond that there should be absolutely no exceptions to abortion when the pregnancy threatens the woman's life or health. A question much harder to mistake what abortion means in the context. A further 10% of the total population hold that it depends on the specific situation, meaning those aren't included in the other 10% and may also contribute to additional percentage per case in question (e.g. where one who considers risk to life allowable but not risk to general health may fall).