The Marist poll, paid for by a pro-life group, found that nearly 80 percent of Americans support “substantial restrictions” that would limit abortion to the first trimester. More than 60 percent of self-identified “pro-choice” respondents “would limit it to, at most, the first three months of pregnancy,” according to a release.
Voters are also wary of taxpayer funding of abortion. More than 60 percent of Americans, including 44 percent of Democrats, oppose government payments to abortion clinics.
The proposed Democratic Party platform supports taxpayer funding for abortion. The platform committee endorsed the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, which blocks the use of tax dollars to pay for abortions. The party vowed to maintain funding for the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, which receives roughly $500 million, or about 40 percent of its annual revenue, from taxpayers.
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