Abortion

Date	Legal in all/most cases	Illegal in all/most cases
1995	60	38
1996	57	40
1998	54	42
1999	56	42
2000	53	43
2001	54	43
2003	57	42
2004	55	43
2005	57	41
2006	51	43
2007	52	42
2008	54	40
2009	47	44
2010	50	44
2011	53	42
2012	54	39

Slightly more than half of the U.S. public (54%) thinks abortion should be legal in all or most cases, a level that has held fairly stable since the mid-1990s. About four-in-ten Americans say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases, a level that also has been fairly stable since the mid-1990s. Read more