Something that I'm sure brought a certain amount displeasure to those in the ranks of the pro-abortion forces all across this country was revealed a recently released Gallup poll. According to Gallup, the number of Americans who now identify themselves as being pro-choice has hit a record low of 41 percent, while those identifying as being pro-life now stands at 50 percent. The previous low for the pro-choice label was 42 percent recorded in May 2009, when Gallup also reported 51 percent identifying as pro-life. Gallup has been polling on the question since 1995, when 56 percent said they were pro-choice and 33 percent pro-life. The gap has narrowed over the years to a point where they are relatively close in polls. As you can well imagine, the poll result was welcomed by anti-abortion supporters.
"There is a growing uneasiness across America regarding the poorly regulated abortion industry and the presence of an abortion mandate and an abortion-inducing drug mandate in the healthcare law. Americans value life, and this poll reflects that," Kristi Hamrick of Americans United for Life said in a recent interview. She added, "Americans are even more pro-life than the growing gulf illustrates in the Gallup poll." Ms. Hamrick did go on to say, "During the healthcare debates we saw that 7 in 10 Americans, pro-life and pro-choice, did not want to see their tax monies going to subsidize abortion, and we've seen tremendous support for common sense limits on abortion, such as limiting abortion after 20 weeks because of the health risks to women of a late-term procedure and requirements to involve loving adults in the abortion decisions of young girls."
Gallup has found the pro-life position significantly ahead on two occasions, once in May 2009 and again today, the pollsters reported. “It remains to be seen whether the pro-life spike found this month proves temporary, as it did in 2009, or is sustained for some period.” Gallup, which polled 1,024 adults from May 3 through 6, has found that since 2001 Republicans have consistently reported being pro-life while independents have been closely divided on the issue since 2009. “Democrats' views on abortion have changed the least over the past 12 years, with roughly 60 percent calling themselves pro-choice and about a third pro-life,” Gallup found. No surprise there, after all, it's not known as the party of death for nothing. It champions all manner of end of life scenarios from assisted suicide to abortion for just about any reason.
In reporting the numbers, Gallup noted that abortion has factored into a number of significant news stories in the past year including congressional efforts to end funding for Planned Parenthood and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer group’s suspension of funding for the group. With the numbers now seeming to be on the side of those who are pro-life, I would think it to be much easier to completely cut off Planned Parenthood from receiving any taxpayer supplied funds. And it may also make it easier for groups, such as the Susan G. Komen group, to avoid being blackmailed into supporting pro-abortion organizations if it is deemed to be either not appropriate or an issue that such a group would not wish to be involved with or have their name connected to. I've always found it a bit ironic how it that those who refer to themselves as being pro-choice are not the least bit interested in actual choice, of any kind.
Additionally, the Barry "Almighty" administration’s attempt to mandate contraceptive coverage in health plans for religious institutions such as Catholic hospitals and colleges also touched on abortion. “Whether any of these controversies is related to the shift in Americans' identification as pro-choice or pro-life is not clear,” Gallup said. “However, it is notable that while Americans' labeling of their position has changed, their fundamental views on the issue have not. ”Gallup polling has found that Americans views on the legality of abortion has held steady in the last decade. “Gallup's longest-running measure of abortion views, established in 1975, asks Americans if abortion should be legal in all circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances, or illegal in all circumstances,” Gallup wrote. “Since 2001, at least half of Americans have consistently chosen the middle position, saying abortion should be legal under certain circumstances, and the 52 percent saying this today is similar to the 50 percent in May 2011."
I just find it difficult to believe that we as a society have permitted to take place the murdering of over 40 million babies since Roe versus Wade. And in some of the most gruesome, imaginable ways. And our stellar president, the cold hearted son of a bitch that he is, is now and always has been and very vocal supporter of abortion for any reason and at any time during the pregnancy. As a state senator he went so far as to vote in favor of essentially legalizing infanticide, by his voting to protect doctors who killed babies who survived the abortion. A man so lacking in the area of moral character has no business whatsoever holding the highest office in the land. And I think it very safe to say that anyone who can be so callous can also be said to have no soul. Barry should not be the one whom we should look to when electing the individual who is to be seen as the face of America.
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