Support for legal abortion at highest level in 2 years

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AP
Support for legal abortion at highest level in 2 years

By NANCY BENAC and EMILY SWANSON 40 min ago 0

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press-GfK poll finds that support for legal abortion in the U.S. has edged up to its highest level in the past two years, with an apparent increase in support among Democrats and Republicans alike.

Nearly six in 10 Americans — 58 percent — now think abortion should be legal in most or all cases, up from 51 percent who said so at the beginning of the year. The survey was conducted after three people were killed last month in a shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.
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Very short article. But many there is hope for America!

[Warren DeMontague]

1. True. Most Americans are pro-choice. And most Americans think marijuana should be legal, as well.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/186260/back-legal-marijuana.aspx

It would be nice if our politicians would represent the views of the majority, wouldn't it?

[roguevalley]

6. next time someone uses God as an argument against abortion, tell them to read

Numbers 5:11-33. Then tell them to shut the fuck up.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. I don't bother much with those arguments.

Basically the minute someone tries to use "God" as an argument, I realize I there's not much point in continuing with them.

[valerief]

2. I wonder what the results would be if only women were polled. nt

[RussBLib]

3. probably 75%

but as is often the case, those who scream the loudest, and cause the most scuffles, get the headlines.

A very small number of pro-lifers clamor loudly enough that we all have to hear it.

[progree]

4. Only a little different, most of the polls I've seen have women more pro-choice by a few

more percentage points than men; but in some years men are a bit more pro-choice. Though a substantial gap has opened up in the last few years -- 54% to 46% in the 2015 poll (see graph).

Before 2012, it was pretty close to even.



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

I've seen other polling results, including many different variations of the questions asked, with the results that women are a little more pro-choice than men, but not by all that much. I don't know where the meme got started that almost all women are prochoice while almost all men are anti-choice, as there has never been any evidence of that.

[valerief]

9. It doesn't matter what men think. Pregnancy only affect women's bodies. nt

[progree]

11. I don't disagree. nm

[progree]

5. Well, that's great to hear - that the Planned Parenthood videos and controversy and the shootings

taken all together didn't hurt but helped. I hope this isn't a temporary blip because of sympathy for PP because of the shootings, which will inevitably fade from memory.

[nomorenomore08]

8. For one thing, the younger generation - while perhaps ambivalent - doesn't seem all that interested

in a blanket ban on abortion. Which I would think is a good sign for the future.

[niyad]

10. thanks. going to post this to the supporters of murderer dear on the local "news" sites.

their commentary during his shooting rampage and after, were absolutely disgusting.