10.4225/03/590abfda8aca3
Betts, Katharine
Katharine
Betts
Attitudes to abortion in Australia: 1972 to 2003
Monash University
2017
Social attitudes
Australia
monash:64044
Abortion
journal article
1959.1/480522
1039-4788
2017-05-04 05:44:57
Journal contribution
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Attitudes_to_abortion_in_Australia_1972_to_2003/4969859
Since the October 2004 Federal election Australia has embarked on a new abortion debate. Some commentators suggest that public opinion has turned away from a pro-choice position. However the new 2003 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes shows this is not so: 81 per cent of Australians are pro-choice and only nine per cent are definitely anti-choice. This and other surveys show that the only strong constituencies for change are among some evangelical Christians and some Coalition candidates in Federal elections. Women of child-bearing age are overwhelmingly pro-choice
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