Abortion in the United States

=== By gender, party, and region ===
A January 2003 [[CBS News]]/''[[The New York Times]]'' poll examined whether Americans thought abortion should be legal or not, and found variations in opinion which depended upon [[List of political parties in the United States|party affiliation]] and the region of the country.<ref name=cbspoll>"[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/22/opinion/polls/main537570.shtml Poll: Strong Support For Abortion Rights]" (January 22, 2003). ''CBS News''. Retrieved January 11, 2007.</ref> The [[margin of error]] is +/– 4% for questions answered of the entire sample (overall figures) and may be higher for questions asked of subgroups (all other figures).<ref name=cbspoll/>
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!|Group||Generally available!!Available, but with stricter limits than now!!Not permitted
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|width=120|Women||37%||37%||24%
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|width=120|Men||40%||40%||20%
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| colspan="4" |
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|width=120|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]]||43%||35%||21%
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|width=120|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]||29%||41%||28%
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|width=120|[[Independent (voter)|Independents]]||42%||38%||18%
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| colspan="4" |
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|width=120|[[Northeastern United States|Northeasterners]]||48%||31%||19%
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|width=120|[[Midwestern United States|Midwesterners]]||34%||40%||25%
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|width=120|[[Southern United States|Southerners]]||33%||41%||25%
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|width=120|[[Western United States|Westerners]]||43%||40%||16%
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| colspan="4" |
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| width="120" |''Overall''||''39%''||''38%''||''22%''
|}