Posted on 05/23/2012 3:33:14 AM PDT by iowamark
The 41% of Americans who now identify themselves as "pro-choice" is down from 47% last July and is one percentage point below the previous record low in Gallup trends, recorded in May 2009. Fifty percent now call themselves "pro-life," one point shy of the record high, also from May 2009.
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...
Since 2001, the majority of Republicans have consistently taken the pro-life position, but by a gradually increasing margin over "pro-choice." That gap expanded further this year, with the percentage of Republicans identifying as pro-life increasing to 72% from 68% last May, and those identifying as pro-choice dropping to 22% from 28%. Still, Republicans' current views are similar to those found in 2009.
The percentage of political independents identifying as pro-choice is 10 points lower today than in May 2011, while the percentage pro-life is up by six points. As a result, pro-lifers now outnumber pro-choicers among this important swing political group for only the second time since 2001, with the first occurring in 2009.
More broadly, since 2009, independents have been fairly closely divided between the two abortion positions, whereas for most of the 2001-2008 period, significantly more independents were pro-choice than pro-life...
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A sign of hope.
When people realize that so called “choice” is killing a baby. Things change.
And the media does not even allow the term ‘pro life’ any more. It’s referred to as anti abortion.
Imagine if we ever had a fair media, the liberal side of the argument would poll in the low 20s.
To sum up: Democrats are the party of baby killers.
Pro Choice = Pro Death
I think women are getting sooooo weary of this subject; , not because they don’t care about abortions taking place, but they are tired of the ‘messenger’.
The women’s ‘movement’ (which is aptly named because it’s full of crap) is old. Old news, old lines, old feminists.
But I think their greatest achievement-if you want to look at that way-is the popularity-and success- of “the single mom”.
Why would a woman want to even get an abortion now?
It isn’t like it’s a bad thing to have a baby out of “wedlock’....heck, you don’t even have to like guys or even touch one to have kids.
Single moms are idolized on TV, in Hollyweird and can even turn pregnancy into money by being a surogate... or if they really want to wear their Progressive heart on their sleeve, they can have a baby for 2 dads.
Now that’s Pro-Choice!
And never mind the plethora of social services the single mom has at her fingertips; food stamps, housing asst, medicaid-the list is endless.
So by rewarding the single mom with the welfare brass ring of a never-ending list of financial assistance in some form or another for 18 years, they have made their cry of pro-abortion obselete.
Women work, women have babies, women buy houses, women do it all and can do it all without men-if they choose. Not that I would want to, but this is where Pro-Choice has ended up; not only are women empowered to be all that they can be, but if they decide to HAVE that baby, they have landed a government sponsorship for years! And should she decide she does want a man in her baby’s life, they’ll even help that single mom track down and crack down on that single dad and make him pay too.
So remind me again why women should choose abortion-I mean pro-choice?
NOW and the Pro-Choice sisterhood are out of a job-put a fork in them, they’re done.
Shame on those who are pro-abortion!
But God is waiting to forgive you. Just ask Him.
I felt this is an important event, especially in an election year.
I think any politican worth his salt will take note of this...
It's how they choose between two candidates, when the pro-abortion, pro-homosexual candidate is also the More Free Stuff candidate.
I wonder how much of this is attributable to heavily-Catholic Hispanics, yet who still 2/3 or more vote Democratic? So it seems regardless, the pro-abortion side is going to continue to win.
The 0bama effect?
And, all those dimocrats that support this murder are going to pay for it one day. That day is when the Lord Jesus Christ has them stand before Him for judgment. Every doctor that murdered one of God’s children will pay with the Lake of Fire for all eternity. And those stinking murdering homo loving dimocrats that support this garbage and murder are going to pay with it also.
So much so, I was very happily shocked. Told my wife that if SciFi is starting to go prolife, things are starting to change.
Saw the same thing with gun control. A show like “Top Shot” would never have been made 15 or even 10 years ago.
I know some libs who put their hands over their ears and scream “it’s NOT A BABY!” when you bring up the facts about the developing infant.
It’s pretty obvious they had done away with their own little “bunch of cells” earlier in life, and don’t want to face the truth.
Yes. And sadly, the Republicans are fixing to nominate a pro-choice democrat. One who hides that position right in the open behind only one tissue-thin layer of lies.
Mitt Romney always has been, and remains, a pro-choice democrat, and admits it on his own website
HOGWASH...JMHO
A person that is pro life does not under any circumstances vote Democrat, the term “pro life democrat” is a oxymoron as far as I am concerned.
For that matter the term “Christian Democrat” is a oxymoron
Chris Matthews “claimed” to be pro life not that long ago
some of these so called “Christian” black Church members claim to be pro life, yet their vote says they are for abortion, gay marriage and anti Christian values.
Their vote orders all those evils via Supreme Court. Now they feign outrage over gay marriage..LOL They will cave,60 million + abortions, the removal of Christ from classroom/ public square has not bothered them, why would gay marriage be any different, they have already given the nod to that with their vote anyway.
Not just the black Church, Catholic Democrats have also held the power that could have prevented 60+ million abortions
Most Americans are pro choice at heart, however most Americans are willing to extend life’s choice to the fetus as a human being as it should be.
I am a college professor and two things that strike me is that the vast majority of my students support gay marriage and the vast majority of them oppose (or at least want MAJOR limitations on) abortion.
We may end up splitting that one.
“The 0bama effect?”
You wonder. SOMETHING happened in the second half of 2011! But what?
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