Abortion in the United States

===By trimester of pregnancy===
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A [[CNN]]/''[[USA Today]]''/[[Gallup poll]] in January 2003 asked about the legality of abortion by [[wikt:trimester|trimester]], using the question, "Do you think abortion should generally be legal or generally illegal during each of the following stages of pregnancy?"<ref name="pollingreport">''[http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm The Polling Report].'' (2008). Retrieved September 10, 2008.</ref> This same question was also asked by Gallup in March 2000 and July 1996.<ref name="gallup1">{{cite web |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx |title=Abortion |access-date=May 13, 2010 |work= Gallup Poll |publisher=Gallup.com |page=2 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100513041002/http://www.gallup.com/poll/1576/Abortion.aspx| archive-date= May 13, 2010 | url-status= live|date=June 22, 2007 }}</ref><ref>Saad, "[http://www.gallup.com/poll/3016/Americans-Walk-Middle-Road-Abortion.aspx Americans Walk the Middle Road on Abortion]", The Gallup Poll Monthly (April 2000); {{cite web |url=http://www.frtl.org/abortion/gallup+poll+topics.htm |title=Gallup Poll Topics |access-date=August 25, 2016  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603181326/http://www.frtl.org/abortion/gallup%20poll%20topics.htm |archive-date=June 3, 2008 }} from Florida Right to Life. Retrieved January 12, 2007.</ref> Polls indicates general support of legal abortion during the first trimester, although support drops dramatically for abortion during the second and third trimester.

Since the 2011 poll, support for legal abortion during the first trimester has declined. 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|- style="background:#a0d0ff;"
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2018 Poll
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2012 Poll
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2011 Poll
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2003 Poll
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2000 Poll
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1996 Poll
|-
| || Legal|| Illegal || Legal || Illegal || Legal || Illegal
| Legal|| Illegal || Legal || Illegal || Legal || Illegal
|-
| First trimester || 60% || 34% || 61% || 31% || 62%|| 29% || 66%|| 35% || 66% || 31%|| 64%|| 30%
|-
| Second trimester|| 28%|| 65%|| 27%|| 64%|| 24%|| 71% || 25%|| 68% || 24% || 69%|| 26%|| 65%
|-
| Third trimester || 13%|| 81%|| 14%|| 80%|| 10%|| 86% || 10%|| 84% || 8% || 86%|| 13%|| 82%
|}