Nothing posting abortion clinic ads won't fix!

60% of nation would vote YES on SD's Initiated Measure 11

Here's the juicy part, reflecting on a poll two weeks ago:

The results showed the terms pro-life and "pro-choice" are confusing to a large percentage of Americans. Even though the survey found 60 percent of respondents took a pro-life position against all or most abortions, 50 percent of Americans called themselves "pro-choice" while 44 percent said they were pro-life. In fact, the Marist poll found 5 percent of people who self-identified as "pro-choice" said abortions should never be permitted, 3 percent said only to save the life of the mother and 20 percent said only in cases of the life of the mother, rape or incest.

In other words, 28 percent of Americans who call themselves "pro-choice" actually take a pro-life position opposing 98 percent or more abortions.

Granted, it'd be interesting to see if people self-identifying as "pro-life" were equally confused.

But what I'd like to see is just more abortion advertising. Just mail out copies of local abortion clinic ads. Prochoicers would be shocked and dismayed by things like these ads at Abortion Clinics Online:










Or maybe they'd just forget they'd seen them.

Read here for some information about "health" reasons for abortions.



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Prolife edges prochoice in polls

And Roe is a no-go with most prochoicers.

Let's look at the polls, courtesy of the Susan B. Anthony List.

Gallup Poll Conducted 5/2-4/04; surveyed 1,000 adults: "Regardless of whether or not you think each of these issues should be legal, do you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong?" Abortion is morally acceptable: 40%. Abortion is morally wrong: 50%

Fox News / Opinion Dynamics Poll Conducted 4/21-4/22 2004: "On the issue of abortion, would you say you are more pro-life or more pro-choice?" Prochoice: 44%. Prolife: 47%.

This may sound like a pretty even split, but then we can start looking more closely.

Wirthlin Worldwide November 2004 post-election poll. This one came down 40% prochoice, 55% prolife. But what's particularly telling is how the prochoice split. 25% of people surveyed -- 62% of prochoicers -- said they wanted abortion to be legal for any reason only for the first three months of pregnancy. That's not a ringing endorsement of Roe, or of the status quo, which allows abortion for any reason for the first six months and pretty much if the woman is able to find a willing doctor in the third trimester.

So much for the idea that Americans back Roe.