Less Than Half of Adults Say COVID-19 Vaccination Is Safe During Pregnancy: Poll

The poll was conducted after authorities stopped recommending COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women.

A pregnant woman receives a vaccine for COVID-19 in Schwenksville, Pa., on Feb. 11, 2021. Hannah Beier/Reuters

Less than half of U.S. adults surveyed in a new poll said they believed COVID-19 vaccines are safe for pregnant women.

Forty-two percent of the nearly 1,700 adults surveyed by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, when asked whether COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy was safe, said that was probably or definitely true, the center said on Sept. 30.