The NYT abortion survey, the first conducted by the paper since 1989, was based on telephone interviews of 1,101 people and detects " a notable shift from general acceptance " of having the procedure: from 40 percent to 32 percent. And the pollsters also detected an increasingly acute sensitivity to abortion timing: Sixty-one percent of those polled thought abortions should be permitted during the first trimester, but only 15 percent in the second and just 7 percent in the third.
The NYT abortion survey was based on phone interviews of 1,101 people and detects " a  shift from general acceptance " of the procedure: from 40% to 32%t. The pollsters also detected an increasingly sensitivity to abortion timing: 61% of those polled thought abortions should be permitted during the 1st trimester, but only 15% in the 2nd and just 7%in the 3rd.