Posted on 10/25/2006 2:10:10 PM PDT by StAnDeliver
Jefferson City, MO (LifeNews.com) -- A new poll shows that support for Amendment 2, the Missouri measure that would have the state support human cloning and embryonic stem cell research, is dropping fast. The level of support has dropped from more than a 2-1 margin to less than 10 percent. According to a new Survey USA poll released Tuesday, just 45 percent of Missouri voters say they plan to vote for Amendment 2 while 36 percent will vote against it and another 18 percent are undecided.
That's a huge difference from the last survey the polling firm did just two weeks ago.
On October 12, Survey USA had Amendment 2 ahead by a 57-27 percent margin with 16 percent undecided.
No publicly released poll by any nationally recognized polling firm has ever had support for Amendment 2 below 52%, and it has been as high as 64% in favor in a January 2006 Research 2000 poll conducted for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and KMOV-TV, and a similar 62% in favor in a June 2006 Research 2000 poll.
The new results show that pro-life advocates have a chance to knock off what many worry would be a harbinger of things to come across the nation as other states look to replicate Missouri's support for the grisly practices.
The latest poll found men favoring the human cloning initiative by a 45-39 percent margin and women backing it 46-34.
Missouri residents in the 35-49 age category oppose it while other age-ranges favored the initiative, but the poll is the first to show any age category opposing the measure.
The poll also finds white and black residents split along the same lines, Republicans slightly opposing it while Democrats more strongly favor the measure, and supporters of pro-life Sen. Jim Talent oppose the human cloning proposal while backers of pro-abortion candidate Claire McCaskill favor it.
Missourians in the central part of the state oppose the measure while Ozark residents are split and Kansas City and St. Louis residents slightly favor it...
I guess that they don't appreciate advice from Canadian cannibals.
The first couple paragraphs (the only portion which will be printed on the ballot) states that "No person may clone or attempt to clone a human being." That sounds simple enough, until you read the "definitions" section of the amendment.
Section 6.2 defines "clone or attempt to clone a human being" as "to implant in a uterus or attempt to implant in a uterus anything other than the product of fertilization of an egg from a human female by a sperm of a human male for the purpose of initiating a pregnancy that could result in the creation of a human fetus, or the birth of a human being."
In other words, Amendment 2 attempts to redefine "cloning" as "implantation" AND it permits cloning as long as that cloned "blastocyst" (section 6.1) is NOT allowed to result in the birth of a live baby.
These are only two examples of how horrible this amendment is.
I encourage everyone to read/study it, and to encourage all Missouri voters to do the same. I believe that if people know what's in this amendment, they will reject it.
Thanks for posting the link.
Do you really think your irrational, feeling based tirade will convince anyone?
Do not misunderstand my post. I was not in support of Fox, it is just that we must also acknowledge who he is in order to better refute him. Coming out and blasting him is unequivically ineffective. You must paint him as a tragic figure (which he is) and get people to understand that his desperation clouds his judgement. That is the only way to frame this debate and win.
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