{"id":1712,"date":"2013-01-22T14:22:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T19:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2013-01-22T14:22:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T19:22:54","slug":"unhappy-roe-v-wade-anniversary-for-anti-woman-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2013\/01\/22\/unhappy-roe-v-wade-anniversary-for-anti-woman-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Unhappy Roe v. Wade anniversary for anti-woman activists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We came close to having a vice president on the side of the rapists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, the majority of the public <\/a>in the US believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. More disappointingly perhaps for the rabid opponents of reproductive rights even in the case of rape, the overwhelming majority oppose overturning Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n

As the 40th<\/sup> anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision takes place on Tuesday, a majority of Americans \u2013 for the first time \u2013 believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, according to a new NBC News\/Wall Street Journal poll.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, seven in 10 respondents oppose Roe v. Wade being overturned, which is the highest percentage on this question since 1989.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are juicy details.<\/p>\n

According to the poll, 54 percent of adults say that abortion should be legal either always or most of the time, while a combined 44 percent said it should be illegal \u2013 either with or without exceptions.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the first time since this poll question was first asked in 2003 that a majority maintained that abortion should be legal. Previously (with just one exception in 2008), majorities said abortion should be illegal.<\/p>\n

In addition, a whopping 70 percent of Americans oppose the Roe v. Wade decision being overturned, including 57 percent who feel strongly about this.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s up from the 58 percent who said the decision shouldn\u2019t be overturned in 1989; the 60 percent who said this in 2002; and the 66 percent who said this in 2005.<\/p>\n

By comparison, just 24 percent now want the Roe v. Wade decision overturned, including 21 percent who feel strongly about this position.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Contrary to what we often hear, support for reproductive rights had actually increased with time.<\/p>\n

But my favorite part:<\/p>\n

Much of this change, the NBC\/WSJ pollsters say, is coming from African Americans, Latinos and women without college degrees — all of whom increasingly oppose the Supreme Court decision being overturned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which is not so good news for the religious right, given their hopes <\/a>to appeal to minority voter using religious messages.<\/p>\n

So why the change? Pollsters speculate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are profound changes,\u201d says Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted this survey with Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart and his colleagues.<\/p>\n

McInturff adds that the abortion-related events and rhetoric over the past year \u2013 which included controversial remarks on abortion and rape by two Republican Senate candidates, as well as a highly charged debate over contraception \u2013 helped shaped these changing poll numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dialogue we have had in the last year has contributed \u2026 to inform and shift attitudes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which is an interesting idea, given that some republicans<\/a> are still defending Todd “legitimate rape” Akin and Richard “gift of God rape” Murdock, while others <\/a>propose laws allowing rapists to sue their victims to prevent them from having abortions.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of the reason the Dems still control the Senate is because of comments made in Missouri by Todd Akin and Indiana by Mourdock were considered a little bit over the top,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cMourdock basically said \u2018Look, if there is conception in the aftermath of a rape, that\u2019s still a child, and it\u2019s a child of God, essentially.\u2019 Now, in Indiana, that cost him the election.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The insanity doesn’t even sell in Indiana!<\/p>\n

Yep, they’ve learned from their loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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