Misleading questions in pro-choice poll

GIVEN how the questions were framed, there was nothing particularly surprising about the findings of the latest pro-choice commissioned poll on abortion (Irish Examiner, June 22).

The poll, which indicated majority support for abortion in certain circumstances, lacked credibility in a number of ways.

The questions made no distinction between ethical interventions in pregnancy to save the life of the mother and induced abortion where the life of the unborn child was directly targeted.