Scripps Howard Texas Poll (August 2004)


Do you favor or oppose increased funding for family planning services and counseling to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies?

Favor 80%
Oppose 16%
Don't know/No answer 4%

Do you agree or disagree that Planned Parenthood should continue to receive public funding to provide family planning services to low-income women?

Agree 79%
Disagree 17%
Don't know/No answer 4%

More than 80,000 Texas teenagers become pregnant every year. Do you favor or oppose teaching public school students with age appropriate, medically accurate sex education that includes information on abstinence, birth control and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV?

Favor 90%
Oppose 6%
Neutral 1%
Depends what age 2%
Don't know/No answer 1%

(August 2004. Sample size = 1000. Margin of error for whole sample is +- 3 percentage points.)


Women’s Health and Family Planning Association of Texas (WHFPT)
PO Box 3868, Austin TX, 78764, 512-448-4857 (voice), 512-448-3373 (fax),
mail@whfpt.org.
http://www.whfpt.org
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