TORONTO, Jan 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A year-end poll commissioned by Maclean’s magazine and the Global Television Network found that 66% of Canadians agree with the statement to “Make abortions freely available to those who want them,” while 25% disagree. Of those agreeing to the statement 39% strongly agree and 27% somewhat agree; of those disagreeing 17% strongly disagree and 8% somewhat disagree. The results are drawn from telephone interviews with 1,400 adult Canadians between Nov. 7 and 12, in the midst of the federal election campaign. National results are considered accurate to within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. It should be noted that other surveys, with less generally worded questions have shown a majority of Canadians oppose abortion funding and do not agree that abortions should be legal under all circumstances.
The poll also indicated that 35% of Canadians strongly disagree that we should “recognize gay marriages” while 18% strongly agree. However 22% somewhat agree with recognizing gay marriage while only 9% are somewhat against it. Other results of interest note that 55% of Canadians agree with the use of the “death penalty for 1st degree murder, with 35% in disagreement. Interestingly, 50% say we should “govern according to Christian principles while 30% disagree. 46% agree with allowing “public funding for all religious schools” and 31% disagree.
See the results of the values section of the poll at: https://www.macleans.ca/xta-doc/2000/12/25/cover/values.html
See The Interim’s report on the Gallup Poll on this issue https://www.lifesitenews.com/interim/2000/aug/01pollsshow.html
See CLCs response to another similar poll https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/aug/000831.html#2 and https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/sept/000920.html#3
A news item on abortion funding https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/june/000602.html#1
(with files from Focus on the Family Canada’s Today’s Family News)