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# Chart: Public Opinion on Abortion & Rape
- URL: https://ivn.us/chart-public-opinion-on-abortion-rape/
- Published: 2012-08-22T21:27:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:30:37.000Z
- Author: Kymberly Bays
- Tags: News

The Daily Beast's [Andrew Sullivan](http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/chart-of-the-day-3.html?ref=ivn.us) posted this chart from [Discovery Magazine](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/08/who-rejects-right-to-abortion-in-cases-of-rape/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+GeneExpressionBlog+%28Gene+Expression%29) today, breaking down public opinion on abortion in the case of rape.

[Razib Khan](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/08/who-rejects-right-to-abortion-in-cases-of-rape/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+GeneExpressionBlog+%28Gene+Expression%29) writes:

> *The GSS has a handy variable, ABRAPE, which asks respondents about the possibility of abortion if a woman gets pregnant as a result of rape (let’s stipulate that it’s possible to get pregnant as a result of rape!). *I also limited the sample to the year 2000 and later, and non-Hispanic whites* (to clear out confounds). Demographic breakdowns below….* Credit: Razib Khan/Discovery Magazine

![public_opinion_on_abortion](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/webpreview_htm_m45f80457.jpg "public_opinion_on_abortion")

**What do you think of the chart? Anything surprising or unexpected?**