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BY LifeSiteNews.com CHICAGO, November 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A recent nationwide survey conducted by Wirthlin Worldwide has found that a majority of Americans believe that abortion is “almost always bad” for women. The findings reflect the earlier findings of an Elliot Institute poll, which found that a majority of Americans believe abortion makes women’s lives worse.  The poll of 1,001 Americans, conducted on behalf of Americans United for Life, found that 61 percent felt that “abortion is almost always a bad thing for a woman,” whereas only 23 percent said it was almost always a good thing.  Of 64 percent who said they knew someone personally who had had an abortion, 55 percent felt it was “generally a negative experience” based on their observations of the women, whereas 40 percent felt the experience was a positive one for the women.  The Elliot Institute poll, conducted in December 2002, found that only 16 percent believed abortion generally makes women’s lives better; 52 percent felt it made women’s lives worse. The Elliot Institute poll also established that 80 percent of Americans felt that women experienced moderate to severe emotional effects from abortion, with 74 to 90 percent of Americans saying that women were not fully informed of this risk beforehand. Even the most “pro-choice” respondents believed that women were not fully informed of the risks associated with abortion.  “These findings show that American’s eyes are being opened to the fact that abortion harms women, often from personally seeing a woman struggle with the aftermath of abortion,” Elliot Institute director Dr. David Reardon said. “They also underscore the importance of efforts to educate the public on the risks of abortion—efforts that are apparently already taking hold with Americans.”  See U.S. Newswire http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=39116   Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:  Poll Shows Majority of Americans Believe Abortion Makes Women’s Lives Worse http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/jan/04012901.html   tv http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/recent-poll-reveals-most-americans-think-abortion-hurts-women/

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