Pro-choice outpolls pro-life for first time in 7 years

[Liberal_in_LA]

Pro-choice outpolls pro-life for first time in 7 years

For the first time in seven years, Americans who are “pro-choice” hold a statistically significant lead over Americans who are “pro-life.”
According to a new Gallup poll, 50 percent of Americans now call themselves pro-choice, including 54 percent of women and 46 percent of men. Only 44 percent of respondents labeled themselves pro-life, the lowest response in more than five years.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/gallup-poll-pro-choice-pro-life-118406.html#ixzz3bYtjGz8l

[misterhighwasted]

1. Fundy overreach, I'm guessing.

Good.

[City Lights]

3. That's my guess, too. nt

[HooptieWagon]

2. I thought Pro-Choice was consistently polling in the 60+% range.

But I haven't paid much attention the past several years.

[frazzled]

4. Support for the right to abortion was always that high

I suppose this was just a specific poll asking people if they were "pro-choice" or "pro-life." Many people don't even know what that means, and probably responded pro-life because, hell, who wants to be anti-life?

[rollin74]

6. specifics from this Gallup poll...

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support for legal abortion:

legal under any circumstances 29%
legal in most circumstances 13%
legal in only a few circumstances 36%
illegal in all circumstances 19%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/183434/americans-choose-pro-choice-first-time-seven-years.aspx

[jeff47]

5. It's how the question is worded

Typically the question is "Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?"

Someone who is personally pro-life, but supports the right for others to get abortions, will often answer yes to that question. Because the anti-abortion movement has spent a lot of time trying to convince people that being against abortion for yourself is pro-life.

So "Should abortion be legal?" scores 60+%. "Are you pro-life?" used to score about 50%. In the same poll.

[HooptieWagon]

8. OK got it.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. 54% of women...

that is a sad figure. Around 2005 or so I took a US Government class at the local community college. When we got to the Roe v Wade decision, the professor asked for a show of hands for who supported it. Me, and another guy around 40, were the only ones to raise our hands. The class was half female. It shocked and saddened me.

[Jefferson23]

9. That is awful, really awful. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Too many women today

have no idea what the women before them had to go through to get them where they are today, and that there is still a long ways to go. I had a strong mother, two strong grandmothers, and a strong wife. I do what I can to make sure my granddaughters follow in the tradition.

[Jefferson23]

11. Good for you. Did the professor ask the question again when the subject matter concluded in class?

I'm almost afraid to ask.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. Yep, before and after

results weren't much different. I think he and I were the only liberals in the class

[Jefferson23]

13. Without knowing their reasons it is hard to tell, so unfair of me to blame religion.

But it does cross my mind, especially since no woman has to have an abortion.
Why anyone feels they have the right to deny that to another woman is beyond
me.

[awoke_in_2003]

14. I live in Texas

and I think religion is the big reason. It is thick down here. For some reason, people think that if someone else is doing something they deem sinful then they will be punished, too. Well, if there was a god, and he thinks like that, then he is a spiteful SOB, IMO.

[Jefferson23]

15. Sad, and unnecessary...control freaks is what that amounts to.

I had the pleasure of visiting in Austin a couple of years ago, loved it very much
and hope to see more of the state another time.

[Grammy23]

21. They also have no problem denying others the right to their own brand of religion.

Or NO religion, if that is their choice. They have adopted the idea that the U.S. Is a "Christian" nation founded on "Christian" values (only) and that Freedom of Religion only applies if you practice THEIR version. If they had their way, all other religions would be banned and those who profess NO religion or are agnostic would be deported.

Therefore, since they sincerely believe abortion is wrong (a sin), they think their point of view should be the law. No gray areas, no possibility that maybe abortion is the best option for some. No medical reason or personal circumstances are good enough for an exception in their view.

The sad thing is that abortion will never be stopped by law or by zealots with Loud voices. As long as women can become pregnant and the pregnancy is unplanned or results in a fetus with birth defects, abortion will be utilized. They don't always call it that. A friend of mine got pregnant at 16 and her parents took her to a hospital where she had a "D & C". Her mom was a Labor and Delivery nurse who knew how to get help. This was in the mid 1960s. They were Catholic, but did what they thought was best for their daughter. Try telling them that their daughter should be forced to continue the pregnancy.

[Jefferson23]

22. Control other peoples lives at no cost to their personal lives..it is repugnant arrogance. n/t

[seabeyond]

18. the really sad thing. i have anti abortion people around me. the reality for everyone of them. until

it is theirs. when one of theirs need an abortion for whatever reason, it is a good choice.

every. single. one of the anti choicers.

[gollygee]

20. That's my experience too

They're opposed to abortion, BUT . . .

There's always a but and it's because they, or their friend or family member, *really* needed an abortion. Why they assume other women having abortions didn't really need them is beyond me.

[SoCalDem]

16. I wish our influence on media was strong enough to change the name

SCOTUS made CHOICE the law.. our nemesis should have to call their stance ANTI choice..not pro life

[seabeyond]

17. i didnt know these numbers. thanks. nt

[DFW]

19. As far I'm concerned, don't bother labeling yourself "pro-life" unless:

You are a strict vegetarian and actively oppose the death penalty.

Otherwise you may be "anti-abortion rights," but not "pro-life" unless you are touting the "Hey Mikey" cereal or a recent Damian Lewis TV series.

[ananda]

24. Weird.

So because I eat meat that makes me anti-life. Sheesh.

[DFW]

25. It only leaves a bad taste if you're anti-abortion rights

Otherwise, I find no conflict.

[Omaha Steve]

23. K&R!