By Dave Andrusko November 8th—the date of the pivotal mid-term elections which may possibly signal the impact of the Dobbs decision which on June 24th gave Roe v. Wade its just deserves. Already pollsters are nervous that they will bungle the outcomes as has been the case repeatedly. Take David Leonhardt, of The New York …
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By Dave Andrusko On the day that the South Carolina House of Representatives is debating the Human Life Protection Act (H5399) comes extremely encouraging news. The Trafalgar Group reports that a survey found that 19.7% believed that abortion should be legal in the first trimester until a fetal heartbeat can be detected, roughly six weeks; …
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By Olivia Gans Turner, President, Virginia Society for Human Life Last month the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists released a poll that confirms what pro-life activists have always known: Most people don’t know how far Roe went. It also proves that most people want reasonable rules put in place to protect women and …
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By Right to Life UK According to the latest polling, while 65% of the population in the UK support abortion being available up to 14 weeks, only 39% support abortion being available up to 20 weeks. Polling from Ipsos released this month shows that only 39.8% of the British population and 38.7% of women in the …
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By Dave Andrusko Last Friday we dissected the latest Washington Post–Schar School poll on abortion. For our purposes here, the headline makes the most important conclusion: “Americans who say abortion should be illegal in most or all cases are also more likely to say they will definitely vote than those who say abortion should be …
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By Dave Andrusko The results of the latest Washington Post-Schar School poll on abortion, released today, finds Prof. Mark Rozell “struggl[ing] to wrap my head around this disconnect.” “Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the end of Roe v. Wade represents a ‘major loss of rights’ for women, a Washington Post-Schar School poll finds, but those …
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By Dave Andrusko The latest survey from the Marquette University Law School, released yesterday, cuts against the conventional wisdom that the overturning of Roe v. Wade would hurt Republican candidates, who are overwhelmingly pro-life, and benefit Democrats, whose passion to extend and expand abortion is unlimited. The headline to the poll is wordy and slightly …
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By Dave Andrusko Yesterday Rasmussen Reports reported asking 1,000 Likely Voters “Should parental permission be required before an abortion is performed on girls under 18?”. By a margin of more than 2-to-1, voters believe parental permission should be required before an abortion is performed on girls under 18, with 60% in favor of requiring parental …
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By Samantha Farnsworth The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) finally overturned Roe v. Wade in late June. The media has been in a frenzy, leftist states are preemptively enshrining nearly unlimited abortion, and Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate are desperately trying to legislate unrestricted abortion till birth. How does the public …
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By Dave Andrusko At the risk of stating the obvious, it is more important than ever to carefully read surveys on abortion now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Doubly so for the latest Harvard-Harris poll which probes many dimensions of the abortion issue. Hint: they are very encouraging. By way of …
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By Dave Andrusko With a decision on abortion about to be handed down, in the normal course of events, there would in all probability be a slew of polls. But things are not normal. With Justice Samuel Alito’ draft opinion calling for Roe’s reversal having been leaked to Politico, surveys are coming fast and furious. …
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By Dave Andrusko No one would ever suspect that abortion polls conducted by Harvard/Harris would be tilted in a pro-life direction. That’s why the results of the latest poll, conducted May 18-19, are a real shocker. #1. “Plurality of Voters Say abortion should only be permitted in cases of rape or incest.” 43% to be …
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