Ken’s Take: Skirting the philosophical issues, I find this interesting from a political perspective. I thought it was odd that a majority of Catholics voted for Obama given the clarity of his position on abortion rights and his track record of votes on the issue.
A few weeks after the inauguration, there was some chatter from the pulpit of our church about abortion — stimulated, I think, by Obama’s early exec directives to fund overseas abortions, etc. Iy was as is pro-life Catholics were surprised that Obama really was pro-abortion rights.
At the time. I wondered whether there would be any backlash in the polls. None seemed to materialize until this poll. Why? Apparently, the media attention surrounding the Notre Dame speech caused some folks — notably Catholics — to do a gut check.
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Reported in the Washington Times:
According to a Gallup poll released May 15 — a majority of Americans now say they are “pro-life” than “pro-choice”. Specifically, A majority of respondents 51 percent are against the practice of abortion, while 42 percent classified themselves as being pro-choice.
“This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question in 1995”
The findings represent “a significant shift from a year ago,” when 50 percent of the respondents were pro-choice and 44 percent pro-life.
61 percent of Democrats say they are pro-choice and 33 percent are pro-life
70 percent of Republicans say they are pro-life and 26 percent are pro-choice
In 2008, half of women were pro-choice; now the number stands at 44 percent.
Among men, the findings are more pronounced: 49 percent identified themselves as pro-choice a year ago; the number fell to 39 percent this year. A clear majority of men 54 percent are now pro-life, compared with 46 percent a year ago.
It seems a change in the White House has prompted the change of heart. The president’s position has been the most radical pro-abortion of any American president.
“With the first pro-choice president in eight years already making changes to the nation’s policies on funding abortion overseas, expressing his support for the Freedom of Choice Act, and moving toward rescinding federal job protections for medical workers who refuse to participate in abortion procedures,”
Excerpted from Wash Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/16/poll-more-americans-pro-life/print/
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