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Also in Nicaragua, yesterday’s Washington Post highlighted efforts by abortion rights advocates to overturn a new law banning abortion. A recent Greenberg Quinlan Rosner survey finds that they have public opinion on their side: about 70 percent of Nicaraguans oppose the law.
The law bans all abortions, including in the cases of rape, incest, and when the mother’s health is at risk. It was approved in the run- up to the recent elections and promoted heavily by the Catholic Church.
In supporting the law, Nicaragua politicians largely deferred to the Church. But 4 of 5 Nicaraguans think the Church has too much influence in Nicaragua, the poll shows.
Below are results from our survey, which included interviews with 1,000 randomly selected adults from throughout Nicaragua from August 28 - September 2.
In regard to therapeutic abortions – abortions that occur when the life of a pregnant woman is in danger – do you think they should be legal or illegal?
Legal, strongly 20% Legal, somewhat 49 Illegal, strongly 18 Illegal, somewhat 10 Don’t know/refused 4
Total Legal 69 Total Illegal 28
Legal-Illegal 41
Do you think the Catholic Church has too much influence or too little influence in Nicaragua?
Too much, strongly 53% Too much, somewhat 26 Right amount 3 Too little, somewhat 8 Too little, strongly 8 Don’t know/refused 2
Total too much 77 Totally too little 17
Too much-too little 62
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