January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Roe v. Wade, a challenge to a Texas statute that made it a crime to perform an abortion unless a woman's life was at stake. The case had been filed by "Jane Roe," an unmarried woman who wanted to safely and legally end her pregnancy, and in siding with Roe, the Court struck down the Texas law. In its ruling, the Court recognized for the first time that the constitutional right

Polls are intended to explain public opinion, however it is clear that many are

biased and results are inaccurate due to poor wording of questions, use of confusing terminology, an inadequate number of people sampled, or if the individuals polled did not include a representative sample of the population. Results are unreliable if the involve persons whose ages, religious beliefs, gender, race, nationality, etc. are atypical. The following is an analysis of several polls on abortion.

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