By Dave Andrusko By now, after five decades, pro-lifers appreciate how abortion polls can be so constructed that a pro-abortion conclusion is baked in. That starts with asking the wrong questions about the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned the odious 1973 Roe v. Wade and the 1992 Planned … Read more
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 … Read more
One-third also say they “haven’t heard anything or haven’t heard enough about this issue to have an opinion” whether to overturn Roe. By Dave Andrusko It’s hardly news to pro-lifers that pro-abortionist and their compliant compatriots in the media weaponized polls on abortion to reach the “right” conclusion. That is, that the public is firmly … Read more
By Dave Andrusko There has been approximately one gazillion stories of late about “fake news.” There are almost as many ways to define it as there are accounts lamenting it. But whatever the newest iterations of false news may be, a constant over the years is that fake news blatantly misrepresents the truth or deliberately … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. My family and I will be on vacation through September 6. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked over the last five months. This first ran July … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Knights of Columbus CEO Carl Anderson Each year, right around the time of annual March for Life, the Knights of Columbus releases the results of a poll on abortion conducted for the KOC by The Marist Institute for Public Opinion. The KOC asks slightly different questions which help the average citizen get … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Sometimes what appears to be almost a throwaway line in a news story is important, not because it tells us something new (although it might) but because it acknowledges a truth which rarely sees the light of day. First the backdrop for the results of a CNN poll released today. The hook … Read more
By Dave Andrusko National Right to Life President Carol Tobias On Monday, NRLC President Carol Tobias offered a very thoughtful post on what the new Gallup Poll on abortion tells us, what it means, and what it signifies. Yesterday, writing for Bloomberg News, having interviewed Mrs. Tobias and the political director for NARAL, Emily Greenhouse … Read more
23% of voters cited abortion and voted pro-life 28% heard from National Right to Life WASHINGTON – A new post-election poll of actual voters conducted by The Polling Company/ WomanTrend, found that the issue of abortion once again played a key role in the mid-term elections, and that National Right to Life and its … Read more
By David N. O’Steen, Ph.D., NRLC Executive Director Recent polling by the Polling Company has shown strong support for two legislative proposals strongly backed by the National Right Life Committee. These proposals include prohibiting abortion after the time at which the unborn child can feel pain and prohibiting abortions for sex selection. There is now … Read more