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Posted on 01/25/2006 9:37:14 AM PST by summer
As the nation marks the 33rd anniversary of the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that established abortion rights across America, a slight majority believes abortion should be always be available, or should be available without government financing, a new Zogby Interactive poll shows.
The survey shows that 52% favor abortion, including 10% who saying they believe it should be available, but that the government should not pay for it.
Forty-three percent oppose abortion, though most of those believe there should be exceptions in the cases of rape, incest, or when the pregnancy posed a grave threat to the life of the mother. A total of 9% said they “always oppose” abortion.
Among women, 50% said they favored the availability of abortion in all cases, while another 8% said they favor its availability but do not want the government to pay for it. Thirty-eight percent of women said they opposed abortion outright, or with certain exceptions. Among men, 59% said they oppose abortion completely or with certain exceptions, while 35% said they favor it always. Another 12% said they favor it but do not want the government to pay for it.
“What’s striking to me is that the numbers were radically different ten years ago,” said John Zogby, President and CEO of Zogby International. “Ten years ago, maybe just seven or eight years ago, pro-choice forces were in the ascendancy and posted pro-choice numbers in the area of 65% to 68%.”
They still represent a majority, but just barely, the survey shows.
The Zogby survey highlights a dramatic partisan split on the question. While 74% of Democrats said they favor abortion the availability of in all circumstances, just 9% of Republicans feel the same way. And while 78% of Republicans oppose abortion either completely or with some exceptions, only 17% of Democrats agree.
Among independents, 45% said they always favor the right to an abortion.
Among Republicans, 77% said that “abortion destroys a human life and is manslaughter,” while 13% disagreed with that statement. Among Democrats, 15% believe that abortion destroys a human life and is manslaughter, and 70% disagreed.
The poll comes as the U.S. Senate is preparing to vote soon on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. Judge Alito, nominated last year by President Bush to take the seat now occupied by moderate Sandra Day O’Connor, is considered a conservative that could change the balance on the court on this issue and others.
The partisan divide over abortion is most dramatic when considering whether parents should be notified before a daughter’s abortion. While 88% of Republicans agree parents should know ahead of time, just 26% of Democrats agree. One in every two independents say parents should be told ahead of time.
The national split extends to the question about late-term abortion. One-third opposes late-term abortions except when the mother’s life is in danger; one-third opposes the procedure except when the overall health of the mother is at risk, and 20% said they opposed late-term abortions in all circumstances. Another 11% said they did not agree with any of those circumstances.
The Zogby Interactive survey was conducted Jan. 20-23, and included 5,640 interviews. The margin of error for the poll is +/-1.3 percentage points.
(1/23/2006)
Absolutely. They have 3-D imaging now that really defines the baby's features.
That's one of life's great ironies.
It was science which so many religious fundamentalist hate so much that has actually turn the tide in the abortion debate.
Correctomundo. It is probably 40% favor abortion. This man lies by distortion just as was done by the idiots on sexual deviancy.
"It doesn't help the pro-abortion forces that pregnant women can now get a full-color, high-definition movie of their ultrasound. When you see something like that, there's no doubt about what you're seeing."
Last week at lunch, a young {20 something}, pregnant barmaid and I talked about her condition {7.5 months}. She told me {unsolicited} that she has color pictures of her coming baby. She then said, " I don't know how anyone can live with themselves if they have had an abortion"? She then showed me and my pal some pix of her about to be born, baby. There is no way that anyone can dispute what you are viewing, and it's not just a blob of tissue. The more young women see what they are carrying, the harder it will be for them to choose death for their baby.
Something else the democrats have done that have aided the right-to-life efforts unintentionally: They have placed pregnancy out of wedlock and single-parenting into a totally acceptable place in our society. Hence more pregnant teens and single women with unplanned pregnancies are keeping their children with little or no stigma.
It is a horrible circle that can happen from this setup. Abortion rights people get enough votes to make it legal, and they then kill off enough of their offspring to become a minority. Right to life supporters raise enough children to outlaw it, more pro-choice babies are allowed to be born instead of being killed, they grow up and vote to kill their offspring again. Pretty sick circle of life.
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Yep. Demographics really is destiny.
I have said in the past that the open southern borders would sway the abortion debate. I think you are right but it's a bit like having someone hit you in the head with a baseball bat to stop a headache.
Muleteam1
Notice how anyone favoring restrictions is counted as opposing.......
Going to get ours tomorrow night. I cannot wait!!!
I'd be curious to know how much the 'morning after' pill has influenced these numbers, and a breakdown of how many consider RU-486 to be an abortion in the same moral sense as the clinical procedure.
I would think everyone would consider RU-486 to be the equivalent of a surgical abortion, since it can be done eight weeks into pregnancy. What I simply can't understand is why some people consider the morning-after pill, a higher concentration of the regular birth control pill, to be as morally objectionable as abortion, when it prevents the need for abortion.
And what I REALLY can't understand is people who have strong opinions about the morning after pill and RU-486, but use the terms interchangeably because they can't tell the difference between the two.
welathy = wealthy
It strikes me that the only people that are in favor of abortion are alive.
I meant to say: the kids quoted in my post #13
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