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11 maltatoday SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2018 MaltaToday Survey Ye Y s No Don't know Do you agree with unrestricted abortion in the first three months of pregnancy (12 weeks)? ALL 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ ALL 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ Male Female PL voter now PN voter now PL 2017 PN 2017 Do you agree with unrestricted abortion in the first three months of pregnancy but only in particular cases? Do you agree with abortion if the mother's life is in danger? Do you agree with abortion if the child is suffering from a severe disability? Do you agree with abortion in cases of rape? Do you agree with abortion if the mother is under 16 years of age? Do you agree with unrestricted abortion at whatever stage of the pregnancy? ALL 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ ALL 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ ALL 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ ALL 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ ALL 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ Male Female PL voter now PN voter now PL 2017 PN 2017 ability, the highest level of support (27%) was registered in the middle- aged cohort aged between 36 and 50. These figures suggest Prime Minis- ter Joseph Muscat was not off mark when in his curt reply to the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commis- sioner last month he said that public opinion was against abortion. However, the survey also shows that support for abortion, even if the numbers are very small, tends to be marginally higher among those who voted for the Labour Party in the last election. While 14% of those who voted for PL last June agree with abortion in the first 12 weeks in particular circum- stances, only 8% of those who voted for the Nationalist Party said Yes. When asked whether they agreed with unrestricted abortion in the first three months of pregnancy, 3% of PL 2017 voters said Yes as opposed to less than half a percentage point of PN voters. Council of Europe human rights commissioner Nils Muznieks 95.2% 93.9% 94.9% 95.2% 97.3% 94.7% 95.7% 91.7% 98.4% 93.3% 98.5% 82.6% 80.8% 77.9% 86.5% 85.4% 80.2% 85.0% 77.4% 84.6% 78.9% 88.4% 45.7% 52.0% 45.5% 48.1% 33.8% 27.3% 18.6% 36.7% 27.3% 28.9% 27.0% 29.4% 17.7% 24.6% 37.4% 18.5% 14.3% 27.1% 18.5% 14.7% 14.1% 16.0% 15.5% 11.7% 13.1% 67.4% 69.7% 57.5% 69.8% 72.2% 15.3% 18.4% 16.4% 15.5% 9.3% 13.2% 8.5% 22.5% 10.6% 12.7% 71.5% 73.1% 61.1% 74.0% 78.0% 93.5% 97.7% 92.7% 91.9% 90.9% 97.3% 96.4% 96.4% 97.9% 98.8% 12.0% 13.7% 13.1% 8.8% 12.4% 13.1% 10.9% 15.0% 9.9% 13.7% 7.9%