Public opinion on abortion shifting?

Justin Lynch

Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com wrote an interesting analysis of public opinion on abortion in the United States. Basically, public opinion recently seems to be very slightly shifting pro-life, although a look at long term numbers seems to show the number of pro-choicers and pro-lifers to be relatively static. Also, another website explains how the polls themselves were suspect, including a larger sample of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents along with very vague questions. What's interesting is that America recently elected a pro-choice President and gave expanded majorities to the Democrats, a party with its majority of members holding pro-choice views.