Ethics

• 76% of people, including fully 81% of women, think aborting a baby at six months' pregnancy is cruel (Choose Life/ComRes May 06)
• 68% of people, including 72% of women, want a substantial reduction in the upper time limit to around 13 weeks (Life/ComRes Sept 07)
• 55% of people regard the present law allowing abortion up to birth on grounds of disability as unacceptable (Choose Life/ComRes May 06)
• 69% of people think that making abortion available too easily cheapens the value of young life (Life/ComRes Sept 07)
• 75% think that preventing alternatives by offering attractive alternatives is better for women (Life/ComRes Sept 07)