The findings in this brief suggest two policy implications for Americans who support policies to reduce and end abortion. First, advocates for lower abortion rates need to continue to work to change public opinion in favor of life. There are some hopeful trends. Public opinion data indicates that while younger Americans are typically less conservative on many social issues – civil rights for gays and lesbians, for example – they are more inclined to possess some degree of moral opposition to abortion than older cohorts, suggesting that over time, public opinion may shift.8 There is also some evidence that a stronger current of “pro- life” opinion directly reduces the abortion rate – even without any changes to the legal status of abortion.9