Despite Popular Belief, Women Are More Pro-Life than Men, Gallup Poll Says

Gallup’s newest survey on abortion is challenging the conventional wisdom that women are overwhelmingly pro-choice.

In fact, the latest Gallup data shows that most women are pro-life – and even are more pro-life than men.

Fifty-one percent of women consider themselves pro-life, according to the poll, while 46 percent of men do. Meanwhile, 43 percent of women and 48 percent of men call themselves pro-choice. 

Women are more pro-life on Gallup’s other abortion-related topics, too:

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  24 percent of women but 18 percent of men say abortion should be illegal in “all circumstances.” 
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  24 percent of women and 25 percent of men say it should be legal in all circumstances. 
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  50 percent of women but 56 percent of men say it should be “legal under certain circumstances.”

To be fair, the 2019 Gallup survey – conducted in May – may be a slight anomaly, and future surveys will determine if the current trend holds.

But historically, a significant percentage of women are pro-life in Gallup’s polling. In each survey since 2004, at least 43 percent of women have called themselves pro-life. And since 1979, the percentage of women who support legal abortion with no restrictions has never topped 34 percent – and in most years, hovers in the 20s. 

“Many U.S. political leaders may think of abortion as a key ‘women’s issue,’ but it is…