Except a relatively few judges forcing the changes is hardly the equivalent of a nation changing its collective mind. That aside, I’m curious how divorce and remarriage would show up on the graph. (And thanks for interesting graph.)
I’m not sure America “changed it’s mind” on the abortion issue. Public opinion has stayed pretty consistent over the last 40 years. In fact, support for legal abortion “in all circumstances” peaked in the early 1990s.
Except a relatively few judges forcing the changes is hardly the equivalent of a nation changing its collective mind. That aside, I’m curious how divorce and remarriage would show up on the graph. (And thanks for interesting graph.)
I’m not sure America “changed it’s mind” on the abortion issue. Public opinion has stayed pretty consistent over the last 40 years. In fact, support for legal abortion “in all circumstances” peaked in the early 1990s.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx
Regarding the difference between public opinion and legality, XKCD offers an interesting comparison to the Bloomberg charts:
https://xkcd.com/1431/