“America may have a president and Congress that support abortion rights, but a new Gallup poll suggests that for the first time such a stance is not the majority view.”
Gallup said on Friday that a new poll, conducted May 7 to 10, found “51 percent of Americans calling themselves ‘pro-life’ on the issue of abortion and 42 percent ‘pro-choice.’ This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question in 1995.”
“The new results, obtained from Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, represent a significant shift from a year ago, when 50 percent were pro-choice and 44 percent pro-life. Prior to now, the highest percentage identifying as pro-life was 46 percent, in both August 2001 and May 2002.”
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May 16, 2009 at 8:57 pm
K-Funk
I wish more pro-choice people were willing to condemn abortion on moral grounds. (For example, everyone condemns adultery even though it’s not illegal.)
If abortion were stigmatized more, maybe abortions could be reduced even if Roe v. Wade isn’t overturned. (Wishful thinking, I know…)
May 18, 2009 at 10:40 am
Chris Doyle
Thanks for your thoughts. I have said to my colleagues that my overall desire is not to have Roe v. Wade overturned. Ultimately, I desire for it to be unnecessary, and that everybody would value the sanctity of life.