WASHINGTON (BP) — It does not appear promoting abortion rights will help candidates in the 2006 and 2008 elections, according to a massive public opinion survey.
In a poll of more than 30,000 Americans, Zogby Interactive found Americans favor pro-life positions on most questions asked about abortion.
Pollster John Zogby said “much of the poll’s findings suggest Democrats will have trouble gaining a political advantage by using the emotionally charged issue of abortion.”
Among the poll’s findings:
• 59 percent say abortion ends a human life, while 29 percent disagree.
• 50 percent believe life begins at conception, while 19 percent say it begins at birth.
• 71 percent disagree that nominees to the United States Supreme Court need to be pro-choice to be confirmed, while 18 percent agree.
• 59 percent say high court nominees should not be filibustered in the Senate because of their view of abortion, while 28 percent say they should be.
• 86 percent agree with a federal ban on sex-selection abortions, while 10 percent disagree.
• 56 percent support federal or state requirements for a 24-hour waiting period before a woman has an abortion, while 37 oppose them.
• 69 percent favor state laws requiring parental notification for girls under 16 to undergo abortions, and 55 percent support such laws for girls under 18.
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Kevn Klein
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03-30-2006 07:10
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Kevn Klein
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03-30-2006 07:13
It looks like the abortion issue won't be helpful to liberals this election.
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Sally Rosebud
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03-30-2006 07:16
Well they didn't poll me, did they poll you?
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Vivianne Draper
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03-30-2006 07:20
geesh give it up! do you ever post about anything other than abortion or evolution? i mean.. we got it already. we pretty well know you don't like either. what do more posts on the subject actually accomplish?
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Zuzu Fassbinder
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03-30-2006 07:25
geesh give it up! do you ever post about anything other than abortion or evolution? i mean.. we got it already. we pretty well know you don't like either. what do more posts on the subject actually accomplish? postcount++ /invalid_link.html _____________________
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Vivianne Draper
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03-30-2006 07:26
seriously? he's doing it for postcount? how pathetic
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Kendra Bancroft
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03-30-2006 07:27
WASHINGTON (BP) — It does not appear promoting abortion rights will help candidates in the 2006 and 2008 elections, according to a massive public opinion survey. In a poll of more than 30,000 Americans, Zogby Interactive found Americans favor pro-life positions on most questions asked about abortion. Pollster John Zogby said “much of the poll’s findings suggest Democrats will have trouble gaining a political advantage by using the emotionally charged issue of abortion.” Among the poll’s findings: • 59 percent say abortion ends a human life, while 29 percent disagree. • 50 percent believe life begins at conception, while 19 percent say it begins at birth. • 71 percent disagree that nominees to the United States Supreme Court need to be pro-choice to be confirmed, while 18 percent agree. • 59 percent say high court nominees should not be filibustered in the Senate because of their view of abortion, while 28 percent say they should be. • 86 percent agree with a federal ban on sex-selection abortions, while 10 percent disagree. • 56 percent support federal or state requirements for a 24-hour waiting period before a woman has an abortion, while 37 oppose them. • 69 percent favor state laws requiring parental notification for girls under 16 to undergo abortions, and 55 percent support such laws for girls under 18. What's the percentage that feel abortion should be illegal no matter what? _____________________
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Satu Moreau
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03-30-2006 07:29
Honestly, I'm glad of this. I'm personally passionately pro-life. No, you won't see me demonstrating, though I have been out at abortion clinics with groups as a teen because my mother thought it was the thing to do and I had little choice. But just the same I feel deeply about it. Why? Because I'm an abortion survivor in a way. My biological mother was underaged, her family pressured her to have an abortion and when she instead chose to give me up for adoption, they kicked her out on the street. If she hadn't been so devoted and loving to me, I wouldn't be alive today. She loved me so much and knowing she could never support me at her age, she gave me up to a family that loved me very much, and despite all our difficulties emotionally and understanding each other, they raised me to the best of their ability and loved me as if I was their own flesh and blood. And they weren't the only ones waiting for me when I was born. There were two couples eager to have me. The thing is, no child really needs to be killed, not to mention how morally wrong it is to take a life, yet taking such a new and innocent one is protected by law? Doesn't that seem off? There are so many people who cannot have children of their own for one reason or another, that are waiting to adopt, and not enough children for them to adopt. And you know, I've met my biological mother, and I've met her parents, and her brother and grandmother. Hindsight, they are glad she defied them and gave birth to me... They were glad to have gotten to know me. And really? I couldn't be more proud of the family that raised me. Of my Mom and my Dad, who the latter of which I have no doubt he's watching over me in spirit now.
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Kendra Bancroft
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03-30-2006 07:29
It looks like the abortion issue won't be helpful to liberals this election. Liberals stand for what's right and moral --not what latest political trend will help them "win". _____________________
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Lecktor Hannibal
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03-30-2006 07:32
I'm so glad to see this Kevn seeing how the ageplay child av porn shit is dying down. You seriously are a tool.
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Kevn Klein
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03-30-2006 07:40
Liberals stand for what's right and moral --not what latest political trend will help them "win". Ah, killing babies before they are born is "what's right and moral". Ya... gotcha.... |
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Pol Tabla
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03-30-2006 07:51
"...One widely read challenge comes from ''Freakonomics," the best-selling book by University of Chicago economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner, which presents a controversial theory claiming that the legalization of abortion in the 1970s was the biggest factor in the crime drop of the 1990s. According to this hypothesis, the decline in the birth of unwanted, often poor and fatherless children in the '70s, led to a decline in the number of juvenile delinquents in the '80s and hardened criminals in the '90s."
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Kendra Bancroft
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03-30-2006 07:52
Ah, killing babies before they are born is "what's right and moral". Ya... gotcha.... We also ignore people who frame arguments inappropriately. _____________________
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Damian Baphomet
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03-30-2006 07:54
Ah, killing babies before they are born is "what's right and moral". Ya... gotcha.... and here we go again !!!! ladies and gentlmen the bull is in the arena so take out your red scarfs and cloaks  _____________________
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Kevn Klein
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03-30-2006 07:56
"...One widely read challenge comes from ''Freakonomics," the best-selling book by University of Chicago economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner, which presents a controversial theory claiming that the legalization of abortion in the 1970s was the biggest factor in the crime drop of the 1990s. According to this hypothesis, the decline in the birth of unwanted, often poor and fatherless children in the '70s, led to a decline in the number of juvenile delinquents in the '80s and hardened criminals in the '90s." link Excellent, kill them before they can become criminals? Did you know percentage wise most aborted babies are from minorities. So does that mean you think killing these little minority babies is how to lower crime stats? |
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Lecktor Hannibal
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03-30-2006 07:57
Fucking hell, I can't believe I'm going to say this. I wish I was a resmod.
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Kevn Klein
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03-30-2006 07:59
Fucking hell, I can't believe I'm going to say this. I wish I was a resmod. That's why you're not.  |
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Sally Rosebud
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03-30-2006 08:01
Show me where a political party has used abortion rights as their platform.
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03-30-2006 08:04
Liberals stand for what's right and moral --not what latest political trend will help them "win". All sides say the same thing, and think the other side is lieing through their teeth when the say this, so... _____________________
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Pol Tabla
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03-30-2006 08:06
Excellent, kill them before they can become criminals? Did you know percentage wise most aborted babies are from minorities. So does that mean you think killing these little minority babies is how to lower crime stats? Did you know that cats die? And that Aristotle is dead? Does that mean that Aristotle was a cat? |
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Sally Rosebud
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03-30-2006 08:07
Did you know that cats die? And that Aristotle is dead? Does that mean that Aristotle was a cat? Yes _____________________
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03-30-2006 08:07
All sides say the same thing, and think the other side is lieing through their teeth when the say this, so... My point is that Liberals stand for what they believe is right. Not what they believe will help them "win". Kevn is insinuating that abortion issues are being used by liberals and democrats as a strategy to "win". Kevn also fails to note that the leader of the Democratic Party, Harry Reid, is in fact pro-life. _____________________
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Kevn Klein
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03-30-2006 08:11
Did you know that cats die? And that Aristotle is dead? Does that mean that Aristotle was a cat? What does that have to do with your post showing more aborted minorities means less crime. And since most prisoners are minority, your point might be backed up. But I don't think it's fair to kill minorities just because they may become criminals later. I would prefer we stop the mass destruction of minority babies even if the crime rate may be affected. What was the point of your post if not to suggest abortion is reducing the crime rate? |
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Kevn Klein
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03-30-2006 08:12
... Kevn also fails to note that the leader of the Democratic Party, Harry Reid, is in fact pro-life. I never said Democrat, I said liberal. |
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Stig Olafson
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03-30-2006 08:12
What does that have to do with your post showing more aborted minorities means less crime. And since most prisoners are minority, your point might be backed up. But I don't think it's fair to kill minorities just because they may become criminals later. I would prefer we stop the mass destruction of minority babies even if the crime rate may be affected. What was the point of your post if not to suggest abortion is reducing the crime rate? Correlation does not imply causation, would be the point there, I'm guessing _____________________
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