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Abortion Advocacy
Study Shows Women Do Not Support Abortion
July
10, 2003
A
new study by an abortion advocacy group, the Center
For Gender Equality, shows the progress the
right to life message is making across the country.
The study notes that "only 28%
of women today believe abortion should be generally
available to those who want it. Altogether,
70% favor more restrictions
on
abortion, including 17% who say
there
should be stricter limits than there currently are, 40%
who think abortion should only be allowed in cases of
rape, incest, or to save the woman's life, and 13% who
think abortion should not be permitted under any
circumstances."
The
report adds, "two years ago only 45% of women thought
abortion should be outlawed or restricted to extreme
circumstances, significantly fewer than the 53% who hold
these views today."
Only 41 percent of women see maintain the right to
abortion as a priority.
Continued:
It
has to be hard even for abortion bully Planned Parenthood
to look into the cameras and know they are calling the
majority of American women extremists when they call us
extremists.
National
Right To Life’s Dave Andrusko reports that
“the study found that women are religious and becoming
more so; want religious organizations involved in
‘public discussion about the roles of women and men in
society’; and increasingly believe ‘politicians should
be guided by religious values in their
decision-making.’…more than twice as many women think
the [strongly pro-life] Christian Coalition works in the
interest of women than think it is a threat."
He
concludes, “all in all, the data clearly showed women
were becoming even more opposed to abortion and more
uncomfortable with a value-free public square.”
This
is good news. This
is no time to look back.
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