(The Independent, Sept. 21, 2023)
The British Social Attitudes polling, of more than 2,000 people, found 76 percent of those surveyed support a woman’s right to have an abortion.
In 1983, just 37 percent of those surveyed held the same view, but by 2005 the proportion had risen to 60 percent before increasing to 70 percent in 2017.
Note: Abortions are still deemed a criminal act in England, Scotland and Wales under the 1967 Abortion Act.