Sad: "Support for Abortion Access Is Near Record"

Another proof that if we don't change hearts and minds, political change will only be a small step.  And this is reputable, a Wall Street Journal-NORC poll. You probably can't access the full article without a WSJ subscription, but we've posted the main points as well as an example of one person's thinking. Further information on the poll we will also post when we see it.

55% say abortion should be available "for any reason if the woman wants it."

New results from a Wall Street Journal-NORC poll show Americans’ support for abortion access is at one of the highest levels on record since nonpartisan researchers began tracking it in the 1970s. Some 55% of respondents say it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion if she wants it for any reason. The poll, conducted for the Journal by NORC at the University of Chicago, surveyed 1,163 registered voters from Oct. 19-24.

NORC polling shows that Americans’ attitudes about abortion vary depending on the reasons for terminating a pregnancy. Some 86% of respondents support abortion access in the event of rape or incest, and 89% support it when a woman’s health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy.

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Politicians latch on to the abortion issue, she said, because for a minority of voters with the most strongly held views, it will motivate them to vote. For a long time, abortion was a strong motivator for conservative religious voters. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year, she said, abortion has become a strong motivator for Democratic voters.

Jessica Munoz, a 33-year-old Chicagoan who said she sometimes leans Democratic, voted for President Biden because she thought that his affiliation with former President Barack Obama would make him a strong leader. She has been unhappy with Biden’s presidency, particularly his policies at the border that she said have unleashed thousands of migrants in her city. 

But she can’t bring herself to vote for a candidate who is antiabortion. Years spent working as a nurse with young children housed in the psychiatric unit of a local hospital helped shape her view that, when people don’t have access to abortion, women who shouldn’t become mothers have children who suffer.

“A lot of women back then fought for what we have now. We don’t want history to repeat,” she said.

Comments

[Peter Lepre]

Tragically we have made many many mistakes throughout history, but in my humble opinion we should always learn from mistakes and not repeat them... Life is a gift from God and sacred at any stage, from womb to the tomb... Adoption is the answer to Jessica's reflection above and would be a good start to fix the problem with of course much more thought to putting God back into everything we do... Many blessings to all for this Thanksgiving and may we have the will as a Nation to make adoption for the preborn for unwanted babies the law of the land...