'Pro-Choice' Americans At Record Low, Poll Finds

[Gormy Cuss]

39. That would be the easy answer but it's not the case here.

From Gallup's own analysis:

Gallup began asking Americans to define themselves as pro-choice or pro-life on abortion in 1995, and since then, identification with the labels has shifted from a wide lead for the pro-choice position in the mid-1990s, to a generally narrower lead for "pro-choice" -- from 1998 through 2008 -- to a close division between the two positions since 2009. However, in the last period, Gallup has found the pro-life position significantly ahead on two occasions, once in May 2009 and again today. It remains to be seen whether the pro-life spike found this month proves temporary, as it did in 2009, or is sustained for some period.

Note that the poll data occasionally spikes like this. The more interesting data is the trend.
However, the self-identification measure is only one part of this poll. The same poll still shows a majority favoring the availability of abortion. From the same poll analysis:

Gallup's longest-running measure of abortion views, established in 1975, asks Americans if abortion should be legal in all circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances, or illegal in all circumstances. Since 2001, at least half of Americans have consistently chosen the middle position, saying abortion should be legal under certain circumstances, and the 52% saying this today is similar to the 50% in May 2011. The 25% currently wanting abortion to be legal in all cases and the 20% in favor of making it illegal in all cases are also similar to last year's findings.

So any reporter who bothered to read the whole press release would have included some reference to this data point too, unless said reporter was pushing an agenda.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/154838/Pro-Choice-Americans-Record-Low.aspx