Young People More Likely To Shift Toward Supporting Abortion Rights, Poll Finds
The generational divide uncovered by a survey from the Public Religion Research Institute may be linked to changing attitudes about religion.
A new national poll finds a growing divide between younger and older Americans on abortion and reproductive health care â a shift that may be driven in large part by changing attitudes toward religion.
In the survey from the Public Religion Research Institute, or PRRI, respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 were more likely to report that theirin recent years â and when they moved, they tended to move in favor of abortion rights. Of those young people whose opinions had changed, 25 percent said they became more supportive of legalized abortion compared to 9 percent who became less supportive.
