Daily Mail poll shows Americans resoundingly back IVF - with 60% saying ... trends now
Americans of all ages and political persuasions have backed IVF in an exclusive poll by DailyMail.com - despite Alabama's contentious supreme court ruling last month.
Overall, 60 percent said the treatment should remain legal, while just 12 percent said it should be illegal, according to our survey of 1,000 voters.
Meanwhile, 27 percent said they did not know either way.
The groups with the slimmest majorities in favor of in vitro fertilization (IVF) were Blacks and Latinos, people aged 18 to 29 and Republicans.
By contrast, the largest support was among people over 65, whites, college graduates and Democratic voters.
The results come after the fertility treatment was thrust into the spotlight last month when a court in Alabama ruled frozen embryos have the same rights as children.
While the Alabama ruling did not directly restrict IVF, it could open the door to wrongful death lawsuits for embryos that are discarded.
J.L. Partners conducted the poll on behalf of DailyMail.com earlier this month. It included a sample of 1,005 likely voters 18 years and older collected online.
We asked: 'Do you think IVF treatment should be legal or should be illegal in the United States?'
Women were more likely than men to support IVF, with 64 percent saying it should be legal compared to 56 percent of men.
Similar shares, however, of men and women - 13 and 12 percent, respectively - said it should be illegal.
Among age groups, Americans 18 to 29 years old were the least likely to support the fertility treatment, with less than half - 48 percent - believing it should be legal.
Respondents 30 and older all agreed IVF should be allowed under law, with approximately 62 percent of every other age group saying so.
College graduates were more likely to support legalization than non-graduates - 71 percent compared to 53 percent.
Additionally, two-thirds of white Americans believe IVF should be legal, but less than half of Hispanic and Black people - 49 and 48 percent, respectively - said the same.
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