Wade now enjoys the support of only a
52 to 47 percent majority of all U.

Other interesting findings in the survey include:

- A 55 percent majority favors legal abortion in some circumstances but
not all. Nearly a quarter (23%) favor legal abortion in all
circumstances, and 21 percent oppose abortion in all circumstances.

- A modest majority (55%) favors either no change in the law (42 %) or
favors laws making it easier to get an abortion (13%).
Supreme Court decision making abortions up to three months of pregnancy
legal?"

Base: All Adults

Total Pro- Pro-
Life Choice
% % %
Favor 52 15 83
Oppose 47 84 15
Not sure/Refused 1 1 1

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.-based global research company that blends premier strategic consulting
with innovative and efficient methods of investigation, analysis and
application. McQuade also directs the USCCB 's Second Look Project
(http://www.

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Wade still enjoying slender majority support.
These statements conform to the principles of disclosure of the National
Council on Public Polls .com), the 15th
largest and fastest-growing market research firm in the world, is a Rochester,
N .C.

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TABLE 2B
ATTITUDE TOWARD ROE VS. Supreme Court decided that states laws which made it
illegal for a woman to have an abortion up to three months of pregnancy were
unconstitutional, and that the decision on whether a woman should have an
abortion up to three months of pregnancy should be left to the woman and her
doctor to decide .


TABLE 4
FAVOR LAWS MAKING IT EASIER/MORE DIFFICULT TO GET ABORTION
"Do you favor laws that would make it more difficult for a woman to get an
abortion, favor laws that would make it easier to get an abortion or should no
change be made to existing abortion laws?"

Base: All Adults

1992 1993 1998 NOW
% % % %
Making it more difficult
to get an abortion 34 35 40 42
Make it easier to get an
abortion 18 22 16 13
No change 44 39 39 42
Not sure 4 3 4 1

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Unfortunately , there are several other possible sources of error in all polls
or surveys that are probably more serious than theoretical calculations of
sampling error. Known for The Harris Poll(R) and for pioneering Internet-based
research methods, Harris Interactive conducts proprietary and public research
to help its clients achieve clear, material and enduring results.

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McQuade, spokesperson for
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life
Activities, criticized a report on unintended pregnancy issued by the
Guttmacher Institute yesterday.
"Without any evidence, the report just asserts that increased access to
contraception reduces the number of unintended pregnancies and therefore
abortions. WADE
"In 1973, the U.
Supreme Court decision making abortions up to three months of pregnancy
legal?"

Base: All Adults

1973 1976 1979 1981 1985 1989
% % % % % %
Favor 52 59 60 56 50 59
Oppose 42 28 37 41 47 37
Not Sure/Refused 7 13 3 3 3 4

1991 1992 1993 1996 1998 NOW
% % % % % %
Favor 65 61 56 52 57 52
Oppose 33 35 42 41 41 47
Not Sure/Refused 4 4 3 7 2 1

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

In theory, with a probability sample of this size, one can say with 95
percent certainty that the results of the overall sample have a sampling error
of plus or minus 3 percentage points. It is
impossible to quantify the errors that may result from these factors.' The Roe decision, as even many pro-abortion legal experts have
noted, is based on very shaky constitutional grounds.

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, The likelihood of changes in the
Supreme Court during the second Bush term make it very possible that it will
return to the abortion issue and perhaps reconsider the 1973 Roe vs. Two in five
(42%) favor laws making it more difficult. In general, do you favor or oppose this part of the U .g. WASHINGTON, The following is being issued by the
Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops:

WHAT: 33rd Anniversary of Supreme Court Abortion Decision

WHO: Deirdre McQuade, chief spokesperson on pro-life issues for the
Catholic bishops of the United States, is available for interview
and comment for abortion-related stories/programs on Roe v.SecondLookProject. Metro and
San Francisco transit systems coinciding with this year's Roe anniversary. The
Second Look Project seeks to educate American men and women about the actual
legal status and practice of abortion as it now exists in the United States.

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For example, "California and New York, ranked among the top states for
access to contraception, also have the highest abortion rates in the country. adults compared to a larger 57 to 41
percent majority in 1998.


TABLE 3
FAVOR ABORTION IN ALL, SOME, OR NO CIRCUMSTANCES
"In general, do you favor permitting a woman who wants one to have an abortion
in all circumstances, some circumstances or no circumstances? "

Base: All Adults

1985 1992 1993 1996 1998 NOW
Favor permitting
abortion in: % % % % % %
All circumstances 26 29 30 25 23 23
Some circumstances 53 54 55 53 58 55
No circumstances 20 14 14 19 17 21
Not sure 1 3 2 4 1 1

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

harrispollonline. The Catholic Church is perhaps our nation's leading pro-
life voice.

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women who were using contraceptives in the month they became pregnant.S. While pro-lifers will note the
gains they have made they should also note that relatively few people favor
banning abortion completely .S. Supreme Court decided that states laws which made it
illegal for a woman to have an abortion up to three months of pregnancy were
unconstitutional, and that the decision on whether a woman should have an
abortion up to three months of pregnancy should be left to the woman and her
doctor to decide.Y.

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Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.S.hieurope.

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McQuade said.'
Clearly, pouring more money into contraception will not solve the problem. adults
surveyed by telephone by Harris Interactive(R) between February 8 and 13,
2005.

Abortion is, obviously a polarizing issue with the supporters of Roe vs.com), Tokyo-based Harris Interactive Japan,
through newly acquired WirthlinWorldwide, a Reston, Virginia-based research
and consultancy firm ranked 25th largest in the world, and through an
independent global network of affiliate market research companies ."

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But that assumption is unwarranted.
The facts simply don't support what Planned Parenthood and its research
affiliate would like us to believe," Ms..S.
"Even after more than thirty years of Roe v.

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TABLE 1
ATTITUDES TOWARD ROE VS.

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About Harris Interactive (R)
Harris Interactive Inc. (http://www.com.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Catholic Bishops' Official Available for Roe v. Wade Anniversary

In the San Francisco area, Second Look
Project ads were recently vandalized and destroyed in the BART system trains
and stations. "But as Los Angeles Times legal
correspondent David Savage has reported, Roe 'left no room for prohibitions on
abortion.

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"At the same time, where contraceptives are widely available, abortion is
a common backup to failed birth control."

S. WADE - BY PRO-LIFE AND PRO-CHOICE
"In 1973, the U. They include refusals to be interviewed (nonresponse),
question wording and question order, interviewer bias, weighting by

demographic control data and screening (e.
Ms.

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Only a Small Majority Still Supports Roe v. Wade and Opposition is at Its Highest in 20 Years

Larger majorities oppose legal abortions in
the second (72%) and third (86%) trimesters of pregnancy.S., for likely voters ). EOE M/F/D/V
To become a member of the Harris Poll Online(SM) and be invited to
participate in future online surveys, visit http://www.

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Y. offices and wholly owned
subsidiaries: London-based HI Europe (http://www.

As Director of Planning and Information for the Secretariat for Pro -Life
Activities, Deirdre A.

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A new Harris Poll finds that Roe vs.
These are some of the results of a Harris Poll of 1,012 U.org) which is running ads on the D.

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" Figures for age, sex, race , education, number of
adults, number of voice/telephone lines in the household, region and size of
place were weighted where necessary to align them with their actual
proportions in the population .
It asks them to take a "second look" at many of the common presumptions
assumed to be facts about abortion.

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Sampling error for the "Pro-Life" and
"Pro-Choice" sample results is plus or minus 5 percentage points.harrisinteractive.

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Harris Interactive combines its intellectual capital , databases and
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WASHINGTON, Deirdre A.

ROCHESTER, N.


TABLE 2A
"PRO-LIFE" AND "PRO-CHOICE" SUPPORTERS
"The two main groups in the abortion debate are the so-called pro-life group,
which opposes abortion, and the so-called pro-choice group, which supports
women's right to have an abortion.


TABLE 5
ATTITUDES TOWARD ABORTION IN FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
"In general, do you think that abortion should be legal or illegal during the
following stages of pregnancy? "

Base: All Adults

Legal Illegal Don 't Know/
Refused
1998 NOW 1998 NOW 1998 NOW
% % % % % %
The first three months
of pregnancy 63 60 34 38 3 1
The second three months
of pregnancy 26 26 69 72 4 2
The third three months
of pregnancy 13 12 81 86 5 2

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. 3/05
The Harris Poll(R) #18, March 3, 2005
By Humphrey Taylor , chairman of The Harris Poll, Harris Interactive.

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Bishops' Pro-Life Official Critiques New Guttmacher Report

- A 60 to 38 percent majority favors legal abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy.

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adults oppose abortion in all circumstances. And the 47 percent who now oppose it is the highest
number to do so since 1985.novatris. Over three decades
later, Roe remains morally and constitutionally indefensible.

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McQuade continued, "Even
Guttmacher admits that 54% of abortions nationwide in 2000 'occur among . Wade
decision legalizing abortion.

Methodology
The Harris Poll(R) was conducted online within the United States between
February 8 and 13, 2005 among a nationwide cross section of 1,012 adults aged
18 and over, of whom 442 identify themselves as "Pro-Life" and 512 identify
themselves as "Pro-Choice.

Press Contacts:

Nancy Wong
Harris Interactive
585-214-7316

Kelly Gullo
Harris Interactive
585-214-7172

Harris Interactive Inc. Wade
anniversary . Wade, abortion advocates
still want to obscure and keep people ignorant of the true extent of the
abortion license it created," McQuade said.

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"Many studies actually show that abortions decrease when states enact
modest regulations on abortion -- regulations opposed by Planned Parenthood,
such as public funding bans, informed consent requirements and parental
involvement laws.. Only one -fifth of U. bishops' public voice on the
subject of abortion. Through the Conference's Pro-Life Secretariat , the Church produces
educational materials that reach millions of Americans promoting public
policies that recognize the inherent dignity of all human beings, including
the unborn.

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Which one of these groups do you tend to
support more?"

Base: All Adults

1992 1993 1996 1998 NOW
% % % % %
Pro-Life 35 36 38 40 44
Pro-Choice 58 57 49 53 51
Neither 5 6 9 7 5
Not Sure 2 1 3 1 *

* Less than 0. In general, do you favor or oppose this part of the U.S.com), Paris-based
Novatris (http://www. McQuade is the U.

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