Is the Pro-Life movement dead?

[Cutlass]

Word it any way you like. The statement, "nobody is pro-abortion since nobody wants babies/fetii/people to be aborted" is false.

The truth is, as was posted by others, that most people do not feel that we have the right to restrict it. The fact that someone feels that they do not have the right to restrict it does not equal the idea that they like it. It is fundamentally dishonest to make that claim.

 

[Black_Hole]

Of course a poll by fox news will bring up a majority (1% majority) pro-lifers.

I don't think it's a valid representation of America's opinion as a whole.

It was a Gallup poll, Fox was reporting on it.

 

[civ_king]

well from what I can see, is that 51% are anti-choice and that the sampling of error is +-3% and the error could be that only 48% support it, which isn't a majority, heck even less people could support it actually

 

[LightSpectra]

The truth is, as was posted by others, that most people do not feel that we have the right to restrict it.

That would be pro-choice, which is what Obama is not.

 

[Cutlass]

That would be pro-choice, which is what Obama is not.

And why do you say that? All the evidence says he is.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

I'm pro choice. The more foetuses aborted the less chance there is of a another Rupert Murdoch being born.

 

[Imperialmajesty]

That would be pro-choice, which is what Obama is not.

... care to explain?

 

[LightSpectra]

And why do you say that? All the evidence says he is.

See post #16, please.

 

[Cutlass]

See post #16, please.

So he takes the same pro choice positions as nearly all other pro choice politicians and anti freedom people relabel it as something evil and that makes him not pro choice? maybe if you stopped relabeling things as what they are not you'd see the truth.

 

[bhsup]

"anti-freedom" - ask the baby how it feels about that title.

 

[FriendlyFire]

In fact, it may be growing.

Fifty-three percent say abortions should remain legal under certain circumstances, and nearly equal numbers take hard-line views -- 23 percent say it should be illegal in all circumstances, and 22 percent say it should be legal no matter what.

Comments?

53% = legal
23% = illegal always
22% = legal always

So 75% support abortions with some restrictions, cavearts.

 

[Bill3000]

"anti-freedom" - ask the baby how it feels about that title.

The baby's not a person, so there's no freedom to give it.

 

[Cutlass]

"anti-freedom" - ask the baby how it feels about that title.

I couldn't possibly care less. The point is that it's almost completely the same list of names of people who want government to take away reproductive freedom and people who claim they want less government.

 

[.Shane.]

538 posted about this very recently.

It would seem that more people are off the fence, but their isn't a strong move either way. What I find most interesting is:
1. How consistent the numbers stay over time.
2. How polling results are varied by WHAT question you are asking.

Goes to show the nuance and complication of the issue. It is extremely complicated.

 

[MobBoss]

Hasn't it been close since...forever? 51% is hardly revolutionary. There hasn't been enough time to conclude that the movement is growing with any significance. Ask again in a year.

Try reading the article. Then comment.

Of course a poll by fox news will bring up a majority (1% majority) pro-lifers.

I don't think it's a valid representation of America's opinion as a whole.

Try reading the article. Then comment

First of all, no one supports abortions.

Of course people do. If no one did...they wouldnt occur.

 

[Cutlass]

Try reading the article. Then comment.

A poorly worded poll does not constitute a sea change in American politics.

 

[MobBoss]

A poorly worded poll does not constitute a sea change in American politics.

It wasnt a single poll. Maybe you should read it too.

 

[Defiant47]

I love how neither side seems to ever seem to get at the heart of the issue, mindlessly spewing their beliefs while ignoring the others' viewpoints.

Pro-choice people do not believe the baby is a person, so there's nothing to kill.
Pro-life people believe the baby is a person, and is therefore more important than a mother's "right over her own body".

 

[Cutlass]

It wasnt a single poll. Maybe you should read it too.

I did. They took things out of context to get a certain result.

 

[MobBoss]

I did. They took things out of context to get a certain result.

Again...it wasnt a single poll.