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Poll: 63% oppose overturning Roe v. Wade

White evangelical Protestants are the only major religious group in which a majority (54%) favors completely overturning the Roe v. Wade decision. Large percentages of white mainline Protestants (76%), black Protestants (65%) and white Catholics (63%) say the ruling should not be overturned. Fully 82% of the religiously unaffiliated oppose overturning Roe v. Wade.

Half of Americans who attend religious services at least weekly favor completely overturning the Roe v. Wade decision, compared with just 17% of those who attend less often.

Republicans are evenly divided over whether the ruling should be overturned: 46% say it should, while 48% say it should not. By wide margins, Democrats (74% to 20%) and independents (64% to 28%) oppose overturning Roe v. Wade.

There is no gender gap in opinions about Roe v. Wade: Nearly identical percentages of women (64%) and men (63%) oppose reversing the decision.

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And why would they? It would be an admission that the welfare state is a failure and that people must take responsibility for their lives. Always remember, the beginnings of nanny-statism start with the unraveling of the family.

nobar on January 16, 2013 at 3:43 PM

SCOTUS challenge or nothing.

The One Ring can only be destroyed in the first of Mount Doom.

MelonCollie on January 16, 2013 at 3:44 PM

63% of Catholics must have figured out they can have all the abortions they want, then just go to confession and be absolved of their sins. They’re pretty clever.

Flange on January 16, 2013 at 3:45 PM

63% support murder. Inform the President and ban scalpels immediately. At least do a proper background check on those who are purchasing the scalpels.

reddevil on January 16, 2013 at 3:48 PM

We should legalize retroactive abortions.

Is a baby only a distinct being…when, exactly? After it can survive outside the womb? Medical science will soon make a fetus viable after a very short period in utero. Anti-abortion groups ought to fund research to enable fetuses to survive outside the womb after only a couple weeks; certainly people would see what’s going on after they realize that the fetus is actually human being…

ramesees on January 16, 2013 at 3:52 PM

In 2009 there was a site titled roeiqtest.com It’s down now, but you can still access it with the Wayback Machine.

It was multiple choice questions on Roe v. Wade.

These were the results with a vast majority of the respondents calling themselves conservative or very conservative.

RoeIQTest results

Number of people taking the test: 61,457
Average score: 7.14
Number of Questions on test: 12

7.14 represents 59% of 12 questions answered correctly.
On a 4.0 academic grading scale, 59% is the equivalent of an “F”, it’s inching up but still an “F”.

So, America “flunked” the Roe IQ Test.

http://web.archive.org/web/20100416042159/http://roeiqtest.com/ui/media.php

INC on January 16, 2013 at 3:57 PM

Good. And it will only get better.

lester on January 16, 2013 at 3:57 PM

Good. And it will only get better.

lester on January 16, 2013 at 3:57 PM

Here’s hoping you don’t pass on your DNA.

MelonCollie on January 16, 2013 at 3:59 PM

Links here to test pdf’s with and without the answers, and to Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Dalton.

http://web.archive.org/web/20090303190134/http://roeiqtest.com/ui/resources.php

http://web.archive.org/web/20090303190134/http://roeiqtest.com/resources/Roe_IQ_Test.pdf

web.archive.org/web/20090303190134/http://roeiqtest.com/resources/Roe_IQ_Test_with_Answers.pdf

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:00 PM

Didn’t Obama just say the measure for prudent laws are if they just save one life? How about 3,000 lives per day?

The Count on January 16, 2013 at 4:06 PM

My guess is about 99% think overturning R v. W will have any meaningful impact on pro-abort states. It’ll just give pro-life states the latitude to govern themselves – horrors!!

The Count on January 16, 2013 at 4:08 PM

100% of unborn babies support overturn of Roe v. Wade.

The Rogue Tomato on January 16, 2013 at 4:08 PM

Thank you Akin and Mourdock.

Pablo Honey on January 16, 2013 at 4:09 PM

Beginning to think this might be a lost cause; I have not seen a lot of data suggesting that we have are close to reaching a tipping point in the pro-life side.

These days I see just the opposite; more and more people either identifying as pro-choice or “abortion under some circumstances” types.

ckoeber on January 16, 2013 at 4:19 PM

Here’s hoping you don’t pass on your DNA.

MelonCollie on January 16, 2013 at 3:59 PM

Here’s hoping everyone could pass on their DNA when they plan to and there’s mutual agreement and desire to do so, without legal intimidation due to religious morals of others.

lester on January 16, 2013 at 4:20 PM

Good. And it will only get better.

lester on January 16, 2013 at 3:57 PM

Yeah it is so wonderful when a population murders its offspring.

Thank you Akin and Mourdock.

Pablo Honey on January 16, 2013 at 4:09 PM

Yeah they are about as dumb as you and the population that doesn’t even realize that abortion wouldn’t suddenly become illegal if Roe was overturned. It would just reside back with the states and the people where it belongs.

melle1228 on January 16, 2013 at 4:20 PM

Wow
63% support a Woman’s Right to Murder

How Progressive….

corujodp on January 16, 2013 at 4:24 PM

This is a lost cause. The GOP will continue its journey outbound into the political wilderness until it comes to grips with that reality.

cool breeze on January 16, 2013 at 4:25 PM

Here’s hoping everyone could pass on their DNA when they plan to and there’s mutual agreement and desire to do so, without legal intimidation due to religious morals of others.

lester on January 16, 2013 at 4:20 PM

You really are a dumb &*&9 if you think that the opposition to abortion is based only on religious morals. If you don’t want to pass on your DNA, abstain or use your own bought and paid for birth control or sterilize yourself.

This is a lost cause. The GOP will continue its journey outbound into the political wilderness until it comes to grips with that reality.

cool breeze on January 16, 2013 at 4:25 PM

The GOP will continue in the wilderness unless people stop using the government as daddy. If idiots care more about an abortion(which is entirely preventable) and the debt and ruination of this country; then they deserve the Democrats in office.

melle1228 on January 16, 2013 at 4:28 PM

Good. And it will only get better.

lester on January 16, 2013 at 3:57 PM

FO, ghoul. Your dancing on the graves of children isn’t appreciated by anyone here. Anyways, hasn’t Axelrod stopped paying you to troll since the election’s over? Do you now just troll for your own personal amusement?

sauldalinsky on January 16, 2013 at 4:31 PM

You folks are pulling a Denethor. Do not believe what Sauron only allows you to see in the Palantir.

From Jill Stanek:

NARAL’s new president: Left-wing radical who admits, “We are losing”

In an interview last month Keenan [current president] explained pro-abortion youth were not as motivated to bring about social change as their pro-life counterparts:

This isn’t on the top of their list of issues that they’re concerned about right now. And so we have to close that intensity gap, we have to make the case for the importance of the vigilance around this issue.

This Millennial generation… they are pro-choice, but there is an intensity gap and there still has to be some connecting the personal to the political.

Hogue [incoming president] also shares a similarly pessimistic outlook on the state of the fight for abortion rights, admitting in a September 2012 op ed piece at The Nation, “we are losing substantial ground on reproductive choice.”

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:32 PM

Here’s hoping everyone could pass on their DNA when they plan to and there’s mutual agreement and desire to do so, without legal intimidation due to religious morals of others.

lester on January 16, 2013 at 4:20 PM

Here’s a novel idea: lay down a few bucks and wrap it up…or find something else to do if you’re particularly risk averse. Problem solved.

Here’s hoping the pro-aborts will someday acknowledge the science of DNA and when your life actually begins.

The Count on January 16, 2013 at 4:34 PM

Planned Parenthood has now decided to abandon using the term “pro-choice.” It wasn’t cutting it.

They’re scrambling again to figure out some bumper-sticker ready propaganda slogan.

Planned Parenthood abandons term “pro-choice”

“Pro-choice” isn’t as misleading, but it doesn’t have the same strong ring to it as “pro-life,” either. Planned Parenthood Executive Vice President Dawn Laguens spoke about the problematic use of “choice” at a press briefing Wednesday, explaining how women once had way fewer choices than they do today. Now, she said, maybe “‘choice’ as word sounds frivolous.”

Meanwhile:

To clarify terms and also keep abortion in the spotlight, “we are moving away from using ‘pro-life’ to ‘anti-abortion’ or ‘abortion abolitionist,’” wrote Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, to me in an email.

“They don’t want the word abortion to be used, and we want to keep putting it in their face,” added Hawkins. “Anti-drunk driving groups aren’t pro-sober driver groups. Anti-smoking groups aren’t pro-clean air groups.”

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:36 PM

You really are a dumb &*&9 if you think that the opposition to abortion is based only on religious morals. If you don’t want to pass on your DNA, abstain or use your own bought and paid for birth control or sterilize yourself.

melle1228 on January 16, 2013 at 4:28 PM

Very large majority of it is. You failed to read even the summary:

Fully 82% of the religiously unaffiliated oppose overturning Roe v. Wade.

Half of Americans who attend religious services at least weekly favor completely overturning the Roe v. Wade decision, compared with just 17% of those who attend less often.

The more religious the more pro-life. That’s always been the case and while the percentage of pro-choice within religious community is increasing, it’s also increasing at the same pace as the religious become less religious.

Also nobody can see into future and birth control is not flawless. If you have a time machine or flawless birth control please share. I might change my mind about need for abortion.

lester on January 16, 2013 at 4:38 PM

Here’s hoping the pro-aborts will someday acknowledge the science of DNA and when your life actually begins.

The Count on January 16, 2013 at 4:34 PM

That would mean they would have to acknowledge that they really are the anti-science party and ignore scientific fact when it is politically expedient to do so.

melle1228 on January 16, 2013 at 4:40 PM

You folks are pulling a Denethor. Do not believe what Sauron only allows you to see in the Palantir.

From Jill Stanek:

NARAL’s new president: Left-wing radical who admits, “We are losing”

In an interview last month Keenan [current president] explained pro-abortion youth were not as motivated to bring about social change as their pro-life counterparts:

This isn’t on the top of their list of issues that they’re concerned about right now. And so we have to close that intensity gap, we have to make the case for the importance of the vigilance around this issue.

This Millennial generation… they are pro-choice, but there is an intensity gap and there still has to be some connecting the personal to the political.

Hogue [incoming president] also shares a similarly pessimistic outlook on the state of the fight for abortion rights, admitting in a September 2012 op ed piece at The Nation, “we are losing substantial ground on reproductive choice.”

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:32 PM

More like she feigns weakness to conjure up more support.

“The anti-woman folk are winning! We need your money/time more than ever!!”

That sort of thing. They are actually in a mcuh stronger position.

ckoeber on January 16, 2013 at 4:41 PM

The more religious the more pro-life. That’s always been the case and while the percentage of pro-choice within religious community is increasing, it’s also increasing at the same pace as the religious become less religious.

Again, you are a dumb &%$* just because the relious oppose it does not mean that there is not a scientific case to be made against it. In fact, Democrats are entirely anti-scientific on this issue. And the only one in the abortion debate pushing “morals” on to anyone; is the mother who snuffs out the life of a child.

Also nobody can see into future and birth control is not flawless. If you have a time machine or flawless birth control please share. I might change my mind about need for abortion.

lester on January 16, 2013 at 4:38 PM

THen abstain or sterilize yourself.. PLEASE!

melle1228 on January 16, 2013 at 4:42 PM

…as part of a media strategy, the nation’s largest abortion provider will be shying away from the “pro-choice” term as it turns off millions of Americans. The publicly funded abortion mill will be trying to find a term that is “a more nuanced statement of principles”

“Rather than selecting a new term to replace ‘pro-choice,’ Planned Parenthood hopes to move beyond such terms entirely and present abortion as something too complicated to be divided into two sides,” reports Anna North. The question is, will newspapers and television news follow their lead and come up with more “nuanced” description for abortion advocates as well?

Whenever someone starts nuancing their ‘principles’ it’s not a sign that they’re winning.

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:42 PM

relious

religious*

melle1228 on January 16, 2013 at 4:43 PM

Pew sucks, that is all.

Rocks on January 16, 2013 at 4:43 PM

The more religious the more pro-life.

lester on January 16, 2013 at 4:38 PM

Imagine that: moral people have a problem with the destruction of innocent, DNA-certified human life.

The Count on January 16, 2013 at 4:45 PM

That sort of thing. They are actually in a mcuh stronger position.

ckoeber on January 16, 2013 at 4:41 PM

No. I think this may have something to do with it. Their propaganda has been exposed.

3rd Annual Ask Them What They Mean By “Choice” Blog Day

It’s that time of year again, when NARAL Pro-Choice America hosts its annual Blog for Choice Day on January 22, the anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision.

Likewise, for the third year in a row, pro-lifers will counter with our Ask Them What They Mean When They Say “Choice” Blog Day.

Or Mean Choice Day, for short.

Ironically, Planned Parenthood just announced it was abandoning the term “pro-choice.”

So I guess we could add an Ask Them Why They Blog For Choice When They No Longer Like It Blog Day.

Those are Stanek’s emphases.

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:46 PM

…as part of a media strategy, the nation’s largest abortion provider will be shying away from the “pro-choice” term as it turns off millions of Americans. The publicly funded abortion mill will be trying to find a term that is “a more nuanced statement of principles”

“Rather than selecting a new term to replace ‘pro-choice,’ Planned Parenthood hopes to move beyond such terms entirely and present abortion as something too complicated to be divided into two sides,” reports Anna North. The question is, will newspapers and television news follow their lead and come up with more “nuanced” description for abortion advocates as well?

Whenever someone starts nuancing their ‘principles’ it’s not a sign that they’re winning.

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:42 PM

Again, feigning weakness for support.

ckoeber on January 16, 2013 at 4:50 PM

Would it be illegal for me to offer a reward for someone to post all publicly-available information about the ghoul mo-lester?

MelonCollie on January 16, 2013 at 4:50 PM

Imagine that: moral people have a problem with the destruction of innocent, DNA-certified human life.

The Count on January 16, 2013 at 4:45 PM

I am sure that Lester is also ignorant that is was “religious” people who opposed slavery as well.

Abortion is akin to slavery. We are treating a child like property to dispose of at will.

THe first feminists would be appalled by what not only we have done to our children but the women who have to seek counseling because having an abortion has been horrible victimizing.

Or the fact that in other country, sex selected abortion are becoming the norm, and our wonderful feminists don’t care about the fact that our gender is getting decimated.

melle1228 on January 16, 2013 at 4:50 PM

No. I think this may have something to do with it. Their propaganda has been exposed.

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:46 PM

Then we need to see the polling reflect that.

Pro-choice positions have consistently been polling at 50% or more for years now. Where is the swing in the opposite direction to support your theory?

ckoeber on January 16, 2013 at 4:53 PM

… Science tells us that the heart of the human fetus begins to form 18 days after conception. There is a measurable heart beat 21-24 days after conception. This is only 7-10 days after a women would expect to begin her menses. Since most women have cycles that can vary by this amount, they do not discover they are pregnant until after this point. Therefore, all abortions stop a beating heart, even “early” abortions.

However, most abortions do not occur until 4-6 weeks after the fetus begins to form. The human brain begins to form on day 23 is formed enough to produce brain waves by 6 weeks, which means that most abortions destroy a functioning human brain …

http://www.godandscience.org/doctrine/scienceabortion.html

Pork-Chop on January 16, 2013 at 4:54 PM

Again, feigning weakness for support.

ckoeber on January 16, 2013 at 4:50 PM

It’s not feigning weakness—they’re losing ground so they’re scrambling to find something to stop that.

Propaganda is designed to cover up truth. When its lies are exposed, it shapeshifts and scrambles to try to come up with something else.

NARAL has been playing the semantics game for years.

First: National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws
(Notice all the words written out)

next: National Abortion Rights Action League
(Repeal gone, now it’s Rights–ah, good American word)

next: National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
(Whoops, we better stick in the word reproductive to hide that we’re advocates of child-killing)

now: NARAL Pro-Choice America
(Let’s just drop the words and go straight to the acronym. Maybe no one will remember the origin and they’ll only see the word Pro-Choice)

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:55 PM

Pro-choice positions have consistently been polling at 50% or more for years now. Where is the swing in the opposite direction to support your theory?

ckoeber on January 16, 2013 at 4:53 PM

I’ve seen other polls with other questions and other results.

http://www.jillstanek.com/polls/

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:58 PM

Flawed question since they are dumb enough to think that overturning Roe means that abortions will be outlawed. They have no concept of what the decision actually means or how it illegally usurps power that belongs to the State and instead gives that power to the Feds.

njrob on January 16, 2013 at 5:01 PM

Down in the Green Room, AP stirred the pot a bit:

Pew: Majority of 18-to-29-year-olds don’t know which issue Roe v. Wade dealt with

Ignorance is the problem.

INC on January 16, 2013 at 5:02 PM

Unless something can successfully migrate off of the seat at the adult theater Losester and Pablo likely won’t be reproducing.

viking01 on January 16, 2013 at 5:03 PM

Didn’t stop Obama.

Speakup on January 16, 2013 at 5:03 PM

Down in the Green Room, AP stirred the pot a bit:

Pew: Majority of 18-to-29-year-olds don’t know which issue Roe v. Wade dealt with

Ignorance is the problem.

INC on January 16, 2013 at 5:02 PM

Exactly what I said. They aren’t taught reasoning or critical thinking in schools so why would they bother to learn about the issue at hand. It’s all about feelings and they are told that people who support Roe are good while those who want Roe overturned are evil. Good little sheeple.

njrob on January 16, 2013 at 5:06 PM

You folks are pulling a Denethor. Do not believe what Sauron only allows you to see in the Palantir. INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:32 PM

? En ingles, por favor…..

8 weight on January 16, 2013 at 5:13 PM

How’s come we don’t have TV commercials that show a baby squirming as it’s being killed, then dismembered? Is it illegal to show it? If not, that would change a LOT of minds.

8 weight on January 16, 2013 at 5:17 PM

I oppose overturning Roe v Wade for one major reason:

The number of liberals alive today is vastly smaller than it would have been, otherwise.

If liberals are in it to win, then so am I. Let them abort themselves into oblivion while we fight the only effective mechanism they have to propagate their ideology: the public school system.

mintycrys on January 16, 2013 at 5:23 PM

I’ve seen other polls with other questions and other results.

http://www.jillstanek.com/polls/

INC on January 16, 2013 at 4:58 PM

Polls are almost 2 years old. The polling outfit Jill Stanek references is Gallup which has since shown a slight flip in position:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/147734/Americans-Split-Along-Pro-Choice-Pro-Life-Lines.aspx

Again, the Pro-Life movement is stuck at that 45-50% marker, at best.

There needs to be a break in direction for change to happen.

ckoeber on January 16, 2013 at 5:24 PM

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