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Gallup: 'Pro-Choice' Americans at Record-Low 41%

11:31 AM, May 23, 2012 • By JOHN MCCORMACK
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After months of a national Democratic campaign trumping up a GOP "war on women," Gallup finds that the percentage of Americans who identify as "pro-choice" on abortion has fallen to an all-time low of 41 percent, while 50 percent of Americans identify as "pro-life":

The Gallup poll also shows that a plurality of independents, 47 percent, are "pro-life", and 41 percent of independents are "pro-choice."

  

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