Toplines - Octuplets - February 13-14, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Adults

Conducted February 13-14, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed recent news stories abut the birth of octuplets to a California woman?

22% Very closely

38% Somewhat closely

31% Not very closely

8% Not at all

2% Not sure

2* Should the doctor have implanted embryos for these children in the woman since she already has six children and is single and unemployed?

7% Yes

80% No

13% Not sure

3* Should the doctor who implanted the embryos in this woman be punished for malpractice?

48% Yes

31% No

21% Not sure

4* If the mother is not able to financially support the octuplets, who should be more responsible for supporting them - taxpayers or the doctor who implanted the embryos?

14% The taxpayers

66% The doctor

21% Not sure

5* Should the mother of the octuplets be allowed to have more children?

15% Yes

73% No

13% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence