I've lifted a few graphics from the report to illustrate their findings, which look at changes in self-reported stand on abortion in Missouri from 1992 to 2006.
First of all is the overall trends. As you can see, there's been a switch from a greater self-identification as "strongly pro-choice" to a greater self-identification as "strongly pro-life".
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIFgT5jBcIlZacc5Mzveg4T1AGZBvH6lPmIdxrxpipmwxV3em4g3A0gh4unsKImqOA-X8DHg5UpEqwkBLqTPageo_HLv4iDNE1DMco_Hn-uxn4BRyyrYPXHtzxf0fZ7jV9xMZYg/s400/MissouriSelfIdentification.gif)
Both men and women have become "strongly pro-life" and moved away from "strongly pro-choice", with women being more in the "strongly pro-life" camp than men.
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This is seen most strongly among the younger women:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HNRH4bB3KERSR25BZ9pbRGgf6N6KqFOTQvfrwp1M-Ig84mqpXQUGykNhHET2Q0bNPdXHBjQuw4s1-jnnaYMs8-maZkyO-nJbQ5rIztGlMBPGUUvZWSkL-e9bNYtZ2eJtgOxyLA/s400/ByAgeAndGender.gif)
Educated people likewise have made a major shift, presumably because they're reading the newspaper and thus having their opinions changed. Though personally I think there may be a strong "been there, done that, hated it" factor here among women who bought their educations with the blood of their unborn children and have reflected on it.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HmD3BTvbc5BEH9MAHsHLGFLT2QAGHVqbpHn77bWp4hkjHWjDHPAk9wurKb7mv00TiA1DaPKpmXaQPra1eEJVZMhzKlskTDezNCPp9S-4vjHeb7i56u3fg3oYhf2L8wxQ8PFwAw/s400/ByEducation.gif)
The shift among Catholics was tiny, presumably because they were already largely pro-life in the first place. Protestants, on the other hand, have made a huge shift toward "strongly pro-life." But there was also a massive shift among the "other" and non-religious. In fact, this group is now where the Protestants were back in 1992.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwT4FB3vP-i2Ei9KhVUiuC8ArYW-tnl8wGU4ZBodcwQhovJKNzujFgC-1hQQt2KRUbwl1ZmXji8fdBBdedDyN_G2eLseNcTve_EqgSZJ-acMxcNr9ehhD8ehq94lEtiHhqhytA4A/s400/ByReligion.gif)
Those who seldom or never attend religious services, likewise, have shown the biggest percentage of change toward a "strongly pro-life" position.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmB7Ytov9XhL5C5MlS9vDbhEcy9CZOfKm_kCi7NsctbgRQBFiKnfUVe19fhN44hAfiwqFtd-V4eV8hrbvsMDe2P655t7POYToeGUIoiSVV7N2QuL-8Rlh-M8Fapuz69jSuVzraVg/s400/ByReligiosity.gif)
This is all very heartening for prolifers. Especially for those who have been demonized by their own supposed compatriots for supporting a PBA ban that, frankly, in and of itself accomplishes squat.
HT: Mother May I Be Born
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