Australian attitudes to early and late abortion.

Objective: To investigate community attitudes to abortion, including views on whether doctors should face sanctions for performing late abortion in a range of clinical and social situations.

Design, Setting And Participants: An anonymous online survey of 1050 Australians aged 18 years or older (stratified by sex, age and location) using contextualised questions, conducted between 28 and 31 July 2008.

Main Outcome Measures: Attitudes to abortion, particularly after 24 weeks' gestation.