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Poll: 79% of Squamish respondents support status quo on abortion in Canada

The Squamish Chief polled 184 readers and asked the question: How supportive are you of Canada continuing to deliver and fund abortion services at all stages of pregnancy for any reason?
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Pro-Life and Pro-Choice supporters face off. Abortion has become a hot topic in Canada after a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft decision suggested there could be a reversal on access in that country. File/Phil Pasquini/Shutterstock.com

The Squamish Chief polled 184 readers and asked the question: How supportive are you of Canada continuing to deliver and fund abortion services at all stages of pregnancy for any reason?

The poll ran from 5/7/2022 to 5/14/2022. Of the 184 votes, we can determine that 84 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Very supportive 79.76 % local, 75.54 % total    
Somewhat supportive 7.14 % local, 9.24 % total    
Somewhat opposed: 3.57 % local, 5.98 % total    
Extremely opposed 9.52 % local, 9.24 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Squamish Chief readers that are located in Squamish. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 7.19%, 19 times out of 20.

The Squamish Chief uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.

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