Young Americans More Likely to Say Abortion is Wrong

LifeSiteNews ^ | 9 March 2006 | Gudrun Schultz

[Aussie Dasher]

UNITED STATES, March 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More than half of all Americans think abortion is immoral most of the time, and those under 50 are more likely to believe abortion is wrong than older Americans, according to a new survey by a top-ranked polling firm.

Rasmussen Reports conducted the survey on the first two days of March, questioning 1000 adults on their beliefs about the morality of abortion and their opinion on abortion access. The report found that 55 percent of Americans believe abortion is morally wrong most of the time. Only 32 percent disagreed.

Almost half, 47%, think it is too easy for a woman to get an abortion in the US. 21% say it is too hard, and 21% say access is fine the way it is.

Among people who believe abortion is morally wrong most of the time, 74% think it is too easy for a woman to get an abortion.

Sixty-one percent of Americans (three out of five) know someone who has had an abortion.

The report also said that only half of all Americans have followed the recent developments in South Dakota, where Governor Mike Rounds has signed into law a bill banning almost all abortions in the state, excepting cases where the mother’s life is in danger. Just 21% said they were following the story attentively.

[Aussie Dasher]

Great news for a brighter future!

[JLS]

The Roe effect.

[185JHP]

BTTT

[Clemenza]

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Not too long ago, I spoke to a naval recruiter about what they were looking for in terms of naval intelligence positions. She stated that they really needed folks who could read and speak Mandarin. Food for thought.

[Gordongekko909]

Just in case any of you parents out there are wondering what your teenage kid is doing in his room with that Ann Coulter book...

[Fudd Fan]

Is there hope for the future?

[xrp]

Those of us on the younger cusp of Generation X (low 30s) and younger realize that we never got to play with 25% of the kids we should have been able to play with because our would be childhood playmates were vacuumed out before they were even born.

Truly tragic.

[xrp]

Maybe I've had too much to drink tonight, but what does speaking Mandarin have anything to do with abortion?

[metalmanx2j]

Great news...I can't wait till abortion is aborted! Perminatly!

[Birmingham Rain]

I'm thankful for your post. I was wondering if I had not had enough to drink. :-)

[dmw]

Splain it to me Lucy.

[HoosierHawk]

I'm gonna grab a beer while I wait for articulation.

[HoosierHawk]

This is great news!

[Birmingham Rain]

Proof positive you've not had enough: you can still spell "articulate." When you can spell it "atriculaterion," maybe you can explain the Mandarin bit.

[Alex Murphy]

Young Americans People already born more Likely to Say Abortion is Wrong

[madison10]

The Roe effect.

Limbaugh Babies. (not "his"...you know what I mean)

[Clemenza]

Sorry! Meant to post it to another thread.

[bushinohio]

This just can't be....the vast majority of Americans are pro-choice! At least that's the crap fed to us by the MSM and Naral and NOW. I saw a female judge on Neil Cavuto's show who claimed that 65 to 70% of women were pro-choice. Never gave anything to back it up, just threw it out as accepted fact. Yesterday, Mort Kondracke said that most Americans were appalled that South Dakota only had one abortion clinic. Fortunately, Fred Barnes called him on it.

The pro-death crowd loves to make up statistics to make their position appear more popular. This Rasmussen poll is probably a lot closer to the truth.

[dmw]

That's what I thought. Good to know I'm not the only one that has done that. ;)

[Irish Rose]

Very true. It's the under-thirty Americans who have had their generation decimated by abortion, and who could well have been murdered themselves. Some of them realize it.