A new Gallup poll released today has again found that more Americans are calling themselves pro-life than pro-choice - a finding that Gallup speculates could be due in part to Obama's pro-abortion views.According to the mid-July poll, 47% of Americans call themselves "pro-life," while 46% call themselves pro-choice.
The numbers have equalized somewhat since May, when Gallup found that 51% defined themselves as pro-life and 42% as pro-choice. The May poll was the first time since Gallup polling on the question began in 1995 that pro-life respondents outnumbered pro-choice.
"In 2009, the ratio of Americans identifying themselves as 'pro-choice' versus 'pro-life' and the percentage saying abortion should be legal 'under any circumstances' are at or near the lowest levels seen in Gallup trends," writes Gallup author Lydia Saad about the recent poll.
Saad speculates that the huge jump in pro-life respondents in the May poll may have had to do with the media coverage surrounding Obama's appearance at Notre Dame - an event that may have clued many Americans in to the President's strong pro-abortion views, and created a backlash.
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