GenSeneca
Well-Known Member
More Americans “Pro-Life” Than “Pro-Choice” for First Time
I could not add the graphic from the site but if you look at it, you will see that the Pro-Life movement has been steadily gaining ground while the Pro-Abortionists have been steadily losing ground.
What stands out to me is that Republicans are being told they must drop the abortion issue if they ever want to win another election... Looks like a winner to me.
I would like to see the Pro-Lifers change the argument to focus more on the individual rights aspect though, such a move would highlight the absurdity of claiming your position as Pro-Choice. I'd also push for an elimination of all subsidies that go towards abortions ($1400 in tax payer subsidies per abortion last year), which includes government subsidies to Planned Parenthood (336 million last year). Roe v Wade is doomed to go the way of the Dredd Scott ruling.... Both were in support of barbaric practices that denied individual their rights based on the argument that they were not individuals but property.
PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves "pro-life" on the issue of abortion and 42% "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% were pro-choice and 44% pro-life. Prior to now, the highest percentage identifying as pro-life was 46%, in both August 2001 and May 2002.
The May 2009 survey documents comparable changes in public views about the legality of abortion. In answer to a question providing three options for the extent to which abortion should be legal, about as many Americans now say the procedure should be illegal in all circumstances (23%) as say it should be legal under any circumstances (22%). This contrasts with the last four years, when Gallup found a strong tilt of public attitudes in favor of unrestricted abortion.
I could not add the graphic from the site but if you look at it, you will see that the Pro-Life movement has been steadily gaining ground while the Pro-Abortionists have been steadily losing ground.
What stands out to me is that Republicans are being told they must drop the abortion issue if they ever want to win another election... Looks like a winner to me.
I would like to see the Pro-Lifers change the argument to focus more on the individual rights aspect though, such a move would highlight the absurdity of claiming your position as Pro-Choice. I'd also push for an elimination of all subsidies that go towards abortions ($1400 in tax payer subsidies per abortion last year), which includes government subsidies to Planned Parenthood (336 million last year). Roe v Wade is doomed to go the way of the Dredd Scott ruling.... Both were in support of barbaric practices that denied individual their rights based on the argument that they were not individuals but property.