October 19, 2010

Majority of Illinoisans prolife, Simon Institute finds in survey



    The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute

The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute found in a poll taken September 30 to October 10 that an overwhelming majority of the 1000 registered voters surveyed were decidedly prolife.

Less than 1 in 3 are in favor of unrestricted abortions, the press release says, and 2 out of 3 supported limiting abortions either some of the time or in all situations:

There were 31.5 percent who said abortions should be legal in all circumstances, 19.1 percent who said they should be illegal in all circumstances and 45 percent who said they should be legal only in certain situations. There were 4.4 percent who said they didn't know.

Other topics such as capital punishment and gay marriage were also discussed in the poll.  56 percent favored continuing the moratoriam on executions and only 28 percent disapproved of civil unions.

Click here for the fulll press release.

Click here for the poll results.

Source: Illinois Review
Publish Date: October 28