Today’s Gallup poll on abortion

An interesting Gallup poll on abortion was released today. Pro-life Americans surged recently. I think it’s a reaction to our recent abortion-friendly ideology shift.

I found two things more interesting.

First is how only 22% want a total abortion ban:
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This starkly contrasts with the Texas Republican Party platform, which calls for no abortion whatsoever.

The second interesting part is the stances of women and men:
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They’re hardly different: within 5 points either way.

Pro-choicers complain that men are telling women what to do with their bodies. In other words, they say men cannot regulate female-specific issues. Sorry, but the numbers show women and men have roughly equivalent positions! If you substituted male legislatures with female legislatures, you would get the same results.

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  1. My abortion position | Aren Cambre's Blog says:
    May 15, 2009 at 10:40 PM

    [...] nonconsensual sex part is tough. In an earlier post, I commented on the perception of men telling women what to do with their bodies. I hope and pray [...]

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