Poll: Large Majority of Canadians Favor Abortion Limits

Subject:	Poll: Large Majority of Canadians Favor Abortion Limits
Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:59:50 -0500

After many years of being sucked into the 'culture of death' by American
liberals, Canadians are finally realizing the bloodletting transpiring on
their land. The time to outlaw all abortion is now.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/nov/09112605.html

Poll: Large Majority of Canadians Favor Abortion Limits

November 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - For the ninth year in a row, a
majority of Canadians have rejected the status quo on abortion in this
country, according to a new poll. Over half of respondents to the poll said
there should be legal protection for human life before birth and over
two-thirds say abortions should only be paid for by taxpayers in medical
emergencies or in cases of rape or incest.

A poll by Environics Research of 2002 Canadians found that only one-third of
Canadians agree with the current policy that denies any protection to unborn
babies before birth. The majority, 56%, support legal protection at some
stage before birth: 30% support legal protection from conception on, 17%
after three months of pregnancy and 8% after six months of pregnancy. Once
again, support for legal protection from conception on is much higher among
women, 35%, than men at 25%.

The disconnect between official policy and the opinions of Canadians is even
more stark in the area of abortion funding. Most abortions in Canada, which
now total well over 100,000 annually, are paid for by taxpayers through the
publicly funded health care system. Yet when asked, 68% of Canadians polled
said that abortions should be either privately funded (18%) or only
tax-funded in cases of medical emergency "such as a threat to the mother's
life or in cases of rape or incest." Only 26% support tax-funding of all
abortions, down from 30% last year.

"With all the financial pressures on our health care system right across
this country, it is ludicrous that our governments continue to pay tens of
millions of dollars for a procedure which is seldom done for medical
reasons," said pediatrician, Dr. Delores Doherty, president of LifeCanada,
which commissioned the poll. "This is especially true when a majority of
Canadians think unborn babies should be protected, not destroyed."

The poll was conducted in October 2009 on 2002 Canadians. The margin of
error is 2.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

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