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(SRN NEWS) – A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that a solid majority of Hispanics in this country believe abortion should be legal in most or all cases.  This fact holds no matter what the religious affiliation of a Hispanic-American happens to be.  According to the poll, about forty percent of them identify as Catholic, about one-third as Protestant or “other Christian,” and about one-quarter as religiously unaffiliated.  The percentage of Hispanics in this country is growing, thanks in large measure to illegal immigration.

A new study finds that the number of women charged with crimes related to their pregnancies jumped in the year after the Supreme Court repealed Roe versus Wade.  The advocacy group Pregnancy Justice found most charges had nothing to do with new state abortion bans.  Instead, most of the cases concerned child abuse, neglect or endangerment in which the unborn baby was listed as the victim. Nearly all cases alleged that the pregnant woman was using substances.  Most of them were centered in Alabama and Oklahoma.

Voters will decide ballot measures on abortion and immigration in Arizona, a key battleground state where Republicans are looking to capitalize on concerns about illegal border crossings.  Democrats, meanwhile, believe the abortion amendment will boost turnout for them.  In fact, at least nine states will vote on abortion in November and experts are divided on which party might be helped by increased turnout.  Pro-life advocates are focusing on those states, going door-to-door in hopes of getting people to the polls.

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