For immediate release:  Friday, April 23, 2004

For more information: Laura Echevarria, (202) 626-8825, Mediarelations@nrlc.org

POLL SHOWS THAT MARCHERS ARE OUT OF TOUCH
WITH MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ON ABORTION

This Sunday, pro-abortion groups and their supporters will be marching in Washington, D.C. to show the "strength" of the pro-abortion movement and to protest President Bush's pro-life policies. However, recent polling data conducted by Zogby International shows just how out of touch these groups are with mainstream America.

In a poll released today by the National Right to Life Committee, Zogby shows that of the 1,209 individuals surveyed, a total of 56 percent agreed with one of the following views: that abortion should never be legal (18 percent), legal only when the life of the mother is in danger (15 percent) or legal only when the life of the mother is in danger or in cases of rape or incest (23 percent).

Only 42 percent of those surveyed agreed with one of the following statements about legal abortion: legal for any reason in the first 3 months (25 percent), legal for any reason during the first 6 months (4 percent) or legal for any reason at any time during the woman's pregnancy (13 percent). (Margin of error is +/- 2.8 percent.)

"NARAL, Planned Parenthood and their comrades like to think they represent a majority of Americans," stated Carol Tobias, political director for the National Right to Life Committee. "However, the latest poll shows that their extreme position of abortion on demand throughout pregnancy is supported by only 13 percent of the public."

"President Bush and his administration have admirably supported the views of the majority of Americans by working to change our culture to a culture of life," continued Ms. Tobias. "This administration is making positive changes that will benefit both women and their children."

More extensive polling data can be found on the National Right to Life website at www.nrlc.org.

The National Right to Life Committee is the nation's largest pro-life group with affiliates in all 50 states and over 3,000 local chapters nationwide. National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect those threatened by abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and assisted suicide.