USA/CNN POLL
Percentage of adults who would favor the following laws or proposals:
Requiring doctors to inform patients about alternatives to abortion before performing the procedure 88%
Requiring women seeking abortions to wait 24 hours before having the procedure done 78%
Requiring women under 18 to get parental consent for any abortion 73%
Requiring that the husband of a married woman be notified if she decides to have an abortion 72%
A law that would make it illegal to perform a specific abortion procedure conducted in the last six months of pregnancy known as a "partial birth abortion," except in cases necessary to save the life of the mother 70%
A constitutional amendment to ban abortion in all circumstances, except when necessary to save the life of the mother 38%
Source: USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll conducted Friday-Sunday of 1,002 adults. Margin of error: +/-3 percentage points.
Excerpt from:Abortion battle hits pivotal point
By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-01-15-abortion-usat_x.htm