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 Copyright. Monash University and the author/s