Typically when debating abortion, one of the fall-back positions of pro-choice advocates is not only the legal authority of Roe v. Wade but the support of the average American. A new poll shows that support has shifted toward support for restricting abortion.

In a Marist poll released this week, far more Americans support abortion restrictions than I would have predicted. About 75 percent say they would limit abortion to the first three months of pregnancy; six in ten of those said they were pro-choice. In fact, only 25 percent of pro-choice adults think abortion should be available “to a woman at any time.” While more Republicans wanted more restrictions on abortion than Democrats, still 60 percent of Democrats wanted some form of restrictions including 20 percent who said they only wanted it available in the case of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. The poll, which the Knights of Columbus sponsor, has been conducted at the beginning of every year since 2008.