Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct 10, 2007 / 09:01 am
A new poll by the firm Datafolha has revealed that only 3% of the Brazilian population considers abortion to be a “morally acceptable” act and an amazing 87% completely reject it.
Datafolha, which is owned by the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper—considered by pro-lifers to be the most pro-abortion daily in the country—carried out the new poll to outline the new “profile of the Brazilian family.”
One of the conclusions of the poll is that compared with 1998, Brazilians today are more tolerant of gay marriage than they are of abortion. More than 2,000 participated in the survey.
While in 1998 77% considered it very troubling that a son or daughter carried on a homosexual relationship, today that number is around 57%. Nevertheless, the “most significant variation” of the poll is linked to the question of abortion.