A new poll reveals what the radical left doesn’t want you to know: there’s widespread support for placing limits on the vile act of abortion, a fact made clear as the issue comes front and center on Friday during the yearly March for Life in Washington, D.C. Many on the left have made the claim that Americans as a whole mostly support abortion and “reproductive rights” with zero limitations. However, that’s not at all the case, as this new poll, developed and published by Marist College in conjunction with the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization.
The results of the survey were released on Thursday and were based on the responses given to a survey of 1, 387 adults between the dates of Jan. 7-9. The poll sampled not only the opinions of Americans on abortion, but on medical and religious freedom as well. There was a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percent.
via Christian Post:
Overall, a majority of Americans (62%) considered themselves pro-choice, while 36% described themselves as pro-life. The share of Americans characterizing themselves as pro-life was the lowest since June 2019, when 35% of respondents embraced the pro-life label. Meanwhile, the percentage of respondents who identify as pro-choice was the highest recorded in the survey in the past 15 years. Broken down by partisan affiliation, most Democrats (86%) and independents (64%) considered themselves pro-choice, while a majority of Republicans (63%) characterized themselves as pro-life.
However, just 27% of Americans agreed that “abortion should be available to a woman any time she wants one during her pregnancy.” Another 12% believed that “abortion should be allowed only during the first six months of a pregnancy.” Twenty-one percent of those surveyed expressed support for limiting abortion to the first three months of pregnancy, while 23% want to ban abortion except in cases where the baby was conceived as a result of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother.
The remaining respondents either felt that “abortion should be allowed only to save the life of the mother” (9%) or that abortion should be banned entirely (7%). The survey noted that a combined total of 60% of those surveyed embraced some form of limits on abortion, referring to the latter four positions having the most restrictions. Support for limits on abortion was significantly higher among Republicans (80%) and independents (64%) than Democrats (40%).
Responding to a question that explicitly asked participants about limits for abortion, two-thirds (67 percent) said they believe there should be restrictions placed on the act, while 32 percent believe it should be allowed without any kind of limitations.
“Most pro-life Americans (87%), Republicans (86%), independents (68%) and pro-choice Americans (55%) supported limits on abortion, while 50% of Democrats thought that no limits should be placed on abortion,” the report continued.
The overwhelming majority of those surveyed (82%) agreed that “it is possible to have laws which protect both the health and well-being of the mother and the life of the unborn,” while 15% embraced the opposite position that “it is necessary for laws to choose to protect one and not the other.” Most Democrats (78%), pro-choice Americans (79%), independents (82%), Republicans (87%) and pro-life Americans (88%) held the former position.
When asked if they thought rape should be an exception, along with incest, or to save the life of the mother, 86 percent were in favor of exceptions while 12 percent said the opposite. That’s a sad state of affairs. Murder should never be justified. A baby’s life should not be ended for any reason. “Majorities of pro-life Americans (73%), Republicans (80%), independents (88%), Democrats (91%) and pro-choice Americans (94%) supported the exceptions,” the CP stated.
When asked for their thoughts religious freedom, a 57 percent majority stated they were against using taxpayer money to pay for abortions, while 41 percent said the opposite. “Majorities of pro-life Americans (73%), Republicans (80%), independents (88%), Democrats (91%) and pro-choice Americans (94%) supported the exceptions,” the report continued.
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In addition to asking for respondents’ views about abortion, the poll pressed them for their thoughts on religious freedom. A majority of those surveyed (57%) either opposed or strongly opposed using taxpayer funding to pay for abortion, while 41% took the opposite view. Most Democrats (64%) and pro-choice Americans (57%) favored using taxpayer dollars to pay for abortions, while most pro-life Americans (84%), Republicans (83%) and independents (58%) opposed taxpayer funding of abortions.
At the end of the day, Americans are not all in favor of abortion as the left wants to make us believe. Continue to pray for God to end this scourge on humanity.