California Hispanics: Pro-Choice

Contrary to social stereotypes, the majority of California Hispanics not only support a woman’s right to choose, but they also want continued government funding for birth control as well as sex education in schools, according to a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California. Just over half of all California Hispanics polled believed that Roe V. Wade—the Supreme Court case in 1973 that nationally legalized abortion—should not be over turned, yet nearly the same percentage concluded that more restrictions were needed on abortions. And although Caucasians were more supportive of a woman’s right to choose than Hispanics, more than 10 percent more Hispanics wanted continued government funding for birth control and family planning than whites. READ FULL STORY
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