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(National Review<\/a>) Americans United for Life (AUL) has partnered with YouGov to survey 1,000 Americans on their opinions about abortion, fetal personhood, and legal rights for the unborn. YouGov conducted the survey between May 6 and May 13, shortly after someone leaked a draft opinion in the Supreme Court case\u00a0Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The poll sample included Americans with a wide range of views about abortion. Thirty-nine percent of respondents said they are pro-choice, 32 percent said they are pro-life, and 29 percent said they identify with neither label.<\/p>\n

According to the poll results, a copy of which was provided exclusively to\u00a0National Review<\/span>, majorities believe in fetal personhood and believe that unborn children have a variety of rights. For instance, a combined 55 percent of respondents said they believe an unborn child is a person either from the moment of conception or within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Only 14 percent of respondents said they think an unborn child becomes a person at birth. An overwhelming majority (86 percent) say that the unborn child is a person by the time he or she can survive outside the mother\u2019s womb.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, supermajorities believe unborn children have a number of rights, including\u00a0the right to be born (80 percent), the right to be protected from violence or assault (89 percent), and the right to be protected against substance abuse (90 percent).<\/p>\n

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A slight majority (51 percent) said that abortion ends the life of a human being before birth, and 52 percent said they would support the Supreme Court \u201cextending legal rights of personhood to unborn children.\u201d At the same time, however, only 44 percent of respondents said they\u2019d support state lawmakers having the power to prohibit abortion, an interesting discrepancy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we should take away from the results of this latest AUL\/YouGov national survey is that in a post-Roe<\/em>\u00a0world, Americans will rely on our executive, judicial, and legislative leaders to clarify and uphold the human right to life in practice,\u201d said Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of AUL, in a statement following the survey announcement. \u201cAs crucial as the encouragement of public opinion is for the human right to life, what will most be needed post-Roe<\/em>\u00a0are brave and courageous political leaders who are willing to act to restore the human right to life in its fullness and to protect it for all time to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at National Review<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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(National Review) Americans United for Life (AUL) has partnered with YouGov to survey 1,000 Americans on their opinions about abortion, fetal personhood, and legal rights for the unborn. YouGov conducted the survey between May 6 and May 13, shortly after someone leaked a draft opinion in the Supreme Court case\u00a0Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization. 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