Two-Thirds in U.S. Back Abortion Rights (66% Gallup)

[struggle4progress]

Polling Data

Would you like to see the Supreme Court overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision concerning abortion, or not?

Jan. 2006 Jul. 2005

Yes, overturn 25% 28%
No, not overturn 66% 63%
No opinion 9% 9%

Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,006 American adults, conducted from Jan. 20 to Jan. 22, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/10691

[varkam]

1. Please! Restrict our freedoms!

We're too stupid to know what's good for us! I would say it's heartening to see the margin increase, but it's still w/in the margin of error.

[Erika]

3. Roberts & Alito, Scalio and Thomas agree

The majority of Americans are too dumb to know that women aren't chattel. We'll set the law right. W and the GOP appointed us to do that.

[babylonsister]

4. Huh? 2/3rds back abortion rights, i.e., pro-choice. I have no

problem with that.

[Lexingtonian]

5. If you look at the Gallup record

on this question, the downtick on the overturn side is consistent with the trend for a couple of months.

What it is within margin of error of is the 24% mark, i.e. the hardline conservative bloc that tells pollsters it wants a Roe overturn even if personally they worry about the practical effects and would act hypocritically. That polling number is not going to drop under 24% for the time being, imo.

The Roe upholding side has been ticking upwards slowly from the 60% mark since mid-summer. That's really the remarkable development of this past year because it is formerly solid 'pro-life' people getting to the other side.

2005 will go down as the year this argument tipped in the popular mind. And it's going to be fun watching the GOP and Christian Right wackos when the Roe upholding side breaks 70% support in the next couple of months, which amounts to schism between wings of their Party.

[wiley]

2. And all those people are represented by one third of

the Senate. How many states actually deserve two Senators anyway?

[applegrove]

6. Yeah but many of us who are pro-choice don't like abortion. It is not

something you would fight to the death for.

What we need is a pill for men. Anyone working on that?

[Erika]

7. Yes men should be responsible for their sexual behaviors

Right after the women are flogged for being floosies under the W administration. Loving Laura handed out cookies and OJ to each woman after the flogging. She has such a tender and calm touch.

[applegrove]

8. No. Obviously I don't like abortion and would like to see all manner

of options before that. I am very for the morning after pill. And I know that for some women - abortion is a life or death matter. That it is about health. It is about rights to equality under the law.

[frogwater]

9. I don't get it

Time and again I read similar comments like this i.e. "I don't like abortion", "would like to see all other options exhausted first.", etc... My question is, WHY? What is it exactly about this issue that makes people feel like they have to treat it as this sacred thing, as a last option, etc? What specifically drives that hesitancy??? Why is it not embraced as a first option 100% of the time?