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Poll shows ‘dramatic shift’ in Americans’ attitude toward abortion
nyPOST ^ | 2/25/2019 | Bob Fredericks

Posted on 02/28/2019 10:05:50 AM PST by bitt

The raging debate over late-term abortion, sparked by new laws in New York and Virginia that sought to guarantee abortion rights should Roe v. Wade be overturned, has pushed more Americans into the pro-life camp, according to a new poll.

Barbara Carvalho, who directed the new Marist poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus, a pro-life Catholic organization, said the numbers showed “a dramatic shift” in attitudes about abortion policy.

“Current proposals that promote late-term abortion have reset the landscape and language on abortion in a pronounced — and very measurable — way,” Carvalho said in a statement on the Knights’ website.

The survey showed that Americans were now as likely to identify as pro-life as they were pro-choice, with both at 47 percent.

Last month, a Marist survey on abortion found that Americans were more likely to identify as pro-choice than pro-life by a margin of 55 to 38 percent.

“The recent legal changes to late-term abortion and the debate which followed have not gone unnoticed by the general public,” Carvalho said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; maristpoll; poll
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1 posted on 02/28/2019 10:05:51 AM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 02/28/2019 10:06:07 AM PST by bitt (Is the PAIN coming???)
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3 posted on 02/28/2019 10:07:01 AM PST by bitt (Is the PAIN coming???)
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I don’t see how any Christian can remain in the party that endorses infanticide.


4 posted on 02/28/2019 10:10:58 AM PST by Faith
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NO, jerks.

We were ALWAYS pro life, you just can't spin it any more.

5 posted on 02/28/2019 10:14:01 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true. I have no proof, but they're true)
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The one thing the PP types have feared is for the abortion experience to me made visible to the public.

When people can see for themselves what abortion really is they get active enough to fight it.

That is why they are fighting tooth and nail to keep their Baby-Body-Chop Shop business under legal wraps.

6 posted on 02/28/2019 10:16:08 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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One of the Democrats’ problems is that they believe their own BS. So now they are over reaching. Infanticide legislation is bound to make it to the Supreme Court and will result in new restrictions on abortion.


7 posted on 02/28/2019 10:16:36 AM PST by fireman15
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To: knarf

MSM has done its best to cover the Rats vote for infanticide.


8 posted on 02/28/2019 10:17:23 AM PST by gibsonguy
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How much for teeth and for nails?


9 posted on 02/28/2019 10:18:33 AM PST by blackdog
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To: Faith

exactly. They call themselves Christians yet accept faggotry and abortion.


10 posted on 02/28/2019 10:21:55 AM PST by max americana (Fired libtards at our company for the past 12 yrs at every election. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: bitt

“why, mommy? Why?”


11 posted on 02/28/2019 10:24:43 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe #BuildIt)
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To be perfectly blunt about it, I myself am aligned with the vast majority of Americans who flatly disagree with the religious fanatic position that all abortions ought to be outlawed. I won't even bother to list the many hard reasons why this position matters, such as not purposefully engaging in the evil of forcibly penalizing victims of violent rape or saving the life of a woman who is in serious physical peril of dying or lifelong, agonizing disability.

Nonetheless, the unspeakable official policies of the pro-abortion — not "pro-choice" but pro-abortion, pro-murder — cabal in New York State and elsewhere is disgusting, appalling, and ... dare I say it ... dripping with evil. I can hardly credit that on the national stage, they've actually gone so far as to reject strong federal protection of already-born babies. Are these people for real? :^(

The bright side of this brazen eruption of far-left extremism is that it'll only lead to widening revulsion in the polity against the entire concept of abortion, even early-stage abortions. The whole subject of abortion frankly tires me out, so I'll stop now.

12 posted on 02/28/2019 10:28:54 AM PST by Sarcasm Factory
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And I'll start up again long enough to admit that "is" should have been "are" in the first sentence of the second paragraph. I'm such a sloppy editor. >.<
13 posted on 02/28/2019 10:32:28 AM PST by Sarcasm Factory
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Oh come on, yes you can. You have some tribal christians that like baby parts for stem cells, for their injections and for the stew pot. You ain’t out of the woods, yet:)


14 posted on 02/28/2019 10:36:27 AM PST by Jumper (The DNC's Big Tent ... a place where he opposition to America comes together)
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Oh come on, yes you can. You have some tribal christians that like baby parts for stem cells, for their injections and for the stew pot. You ain’t out of the woods, yet:)


15 posted on 02/28/2019 10:36:29 AM PST by Jumper (The DNC's Big Tent ... a place where he opposition to America comes together)
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To: bitt

It’s murder, not a popularity contest.


16 posted on 02/28/2019 10:42:00 AM PST by savedbygrace
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I don’t see how any Christian can remain in the party that endorses infanticide.

It's my contention that you can't be a Democrat if you are Christian. If you are, you are either delusional or greatly deceived. Anyone with discernment would run away from the Democrat party.

17 posted on 02/28/2019 10:52:59 AM PST by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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Largely because of growth in the Hispanic population I suspect.


18 posted on 02/28/2019 10:56:28 AM PST by Brilliant
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"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." - Thomas Jefferson

Mere human beings who call themselves "Progressive" cannot, for long, endure in their ongoing efforts to deny Creator-endowed life, rights, laws to protect those rights and individual liberty! As has been said, that law has withstood centuries of attacks and, like an anvil, has "worn out many hammers."

19 posted on 02/28/2019 10:56:57 AM PST by loveliberty2 (`)
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Gigantio baby, formed from the discarded bodies of aborted babies, is coming back for vengeance.

No joke, there is a nightmarish guilt from killing your babies.

20 posted on 02/28/2019 11:02:37 AM PST by conservativeimage (These are dark times, there is no denying.)
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