Barack Obama may have overturned President Bush's abortion-restricting policies but Americans as a whole are becoming more "pro-life" according to a new Gallup survey. Asked if they are pro-life or pro-choice 51% say the former, 42% the latter. "This is the first time," reports Gallup, "a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question in 1995."
76% of Americans still say that abortion should be legal under certain (53%) or all (23%) circumstances but the trend is another example of American exceptionalism.