After One Year, Pro-Life Mexican President Gets 75% Positive Rating

LifeSiteNews.com ^ | August 31, 2007

[monomaniac]

After One Year, Pro-Life Mexican President Gets 75% Positive Rating

MEXICO CITY, August 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- After one year in office, Mexico's pro-life president Felipe Calderon is receiving positive poll ratings from a majority of Mexicans, according to a recent survey.

The survey, sponsored by the Mexican publication Milenio, asked recipients "Has Felipe Calderón fulfilled his campaign promises?".  Eleven percent said "yes" and sixty-four percent said "Yes, to a certain extent", for a total of 75%.  Only 18% responded "No." 

When asked if Calderon had performed better or worse than expected,  50% responded "better" and only 31% responded "worse".

Calderon has consistently maintained pro-life principles since he was elected to office in 2006, defeating the pro-abortion socialist Manuel Lopez Obrador.  A daily Mass attendee, Calderon stated during his campaign that "on the subject of abortion, I am pro-life, and I also see that it is a matter clearly regulated by law, and most of all in judicial terms well settled."

Since Calderon took office late last year, Mexico City has passed a law legalizing abortion during the first trimester.  The Calderon administration quickly responded by appealing the law to Mexico's Supreme Court, citing the Constitution's protection of the right to life from the moment of conception.  The outcome of that appeal is still pending.

Calderon has not attempted to overturn the existing law that permits abortion in cases of rape, fetal deformity, and to protect the mother's "health".

According to polls, a large majority of Mexicans oppose expanding access to abortion in the country.  In practice, abortions are rarely performed even under the approved categories, due to the deep opposition by Mexicans to the practice of abortion.

Previous LifeSiteNews coverage:

Daily Mass Catholic Pro-Lifer Wins Mexico Presidential Elections ...
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jul/06070608.html 

[CaptRon]

Maybe they’ll stay home then.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Well, Hell, the average Mexican may be dumber than the average democrat underground member, if possible.

[furquhart]

While, obviously, LifeSite has its own agenda here - there is a point here. By all accounts, Calderon seems to be the best President that Mexico has ever had. Certianly in my lifetime and, given that Mexico’s history before that was no happier, I suspect in the whole history of the country.

In the long term, he’s probably the best hope for ending and then reversing illegal immigration around.

[BackInBlack]

Bad use of stats in this article. Just because people say Calderon has fulfilled at least some of his campaign pledges doesn’t mean they approve of his job performance. Bill Clinton kept his pledge to keep abortion legal; does that mean I approve of his job performance?

[BackInBlack]

Maybe who’ll stay home, and why?

[CaptRon]

The 75% of Mexicans who like their President.

[Cobra64]

"After One Year, Pro-Life Mexican President Gets 75% Positive Rating"

President Bushs rating sure shot up fast.

[Timbo64]

I have spent time in Mexico. It is possible!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

“I have spent time in Mexico. It is possible”!
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Either you have the Freedom gene at birth, or you don’t, and never will. I am just finished with arguing with mental defectives! Why are we still apologizing?

[Timbo64]

That came out wrong. In the time I have spent in Mexico, most of the people I met were very nice. Their educational system is not very good, however.

[philly-d-kidder]

I lived in mexico... How long will that Last!

[Vince Ferrer]

This is significant, considering they had their own Al Gore running around claiming the election was rigged, and swearing himself in as president.