60% support abortion in some cases

OVER 60% of people believe abortion is acceptable in certain circumstances, new research on Irish sexual health and relationships has found.

The study, involving 7,441 adults aged between 18 and 64, found attitudes to abortion had undergone an immense change since the early 1980s.

The proportion of people stating that abortion is always wrong or never justified fell from between 70% and 90% in 1981 to between 30% and 50% in 2005.