Most americans support Roe v Wade?

Question

Here's the question and the results;

"In general, do you agree or disagree with the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that established a woman's right to an abortion?"

Agree 62%

Disagree 32%

Unsure 6%

Quinnipiac University Poll. Aug. 7-13, 2007.

http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm

Now please tell me in what language does this mean america opposes abortion? Lol!

Answer 1

You can personally oppose abortion while still supporting the legality of it. It would appear from the study that you have cited that the majority of people prefer keeping abortion safe, regulated and legal. That does not mean that they support "abortion on demand".

Answer 2

I looked at the polls and they looked much more even than the numbers you gave. They are not as far apart as you state above. Most good lawyers will say the the Supreme Court should not have taken up that case. It really should be a States rights issue. I agree a woman can choose but I would try and talk them out of doing that. All I can ask myself is, 'What greatness have we lost by aborting over a million babies in the USA alone since Roe v Wade'. Peace

Answer 3

I disagree with Roe v. Wade. First off it is not a law that went through proper channels. Therefore it is not a law it is a court decision that should have not been made. To top it off why don't you call it what it is. It is a decision to commit murder. The way I think it should be asked is do you think murder should be legalized. It is still murder inside or out of the womb. It is funny that you Liberals are for killing babies inside the womb but are totally against it outside. You have no problem of calling our troops baby killers; but if it is killed inside the mother and the mother wants an abortion that is OK with you.

Answer 4

It doesn't. It means that there are quite a few over-zealous Pro-Life activists that think only their view counts. I mean, obviously they're the ones that should be mandating what happens to my body.

Anyway, people choose to interpret Roe v. Wade like they do the bible. They take what they need from the argument and choose to omit the rest of a particular part.

Answer 5

As most social scientists know, the results of a poll are based entirely on the phrasing of the question. If you connect Roe to the "right to abortion," most people would say that they support Roe. If you ask about the "right to abortion on demand" (which is not quite what Roe says), then most people will say that they oppose "abortion on demand." If you start giving more options, you will find that most people will say that they support "reasonable restrictions on abortion."

If you ask about support for a waiting period, you will find that most people support it. I would however place a wager with any polling organization with the guts to do it to ask the following question "Do you support a law that would require women to take a day off work, travel 300 miles each way, and then have to take another day off work the following week before they could get an abortion?" My hunch says that you would get a very large majority against it. Yet that is the argument of pro-choice organizations as to the practical effect of waiting period laws.

In short, when asking opinions. the phrasing of the question influences the results. Any politician who pays attention to policy polls needs to have their head examined. Any media consultant for a political campaign who ignores what such polls teach about phraseology commits malpractice.

p.s. For those attacking the sampling of the poll, Quinnipiac University is a credible polling organization. Based on their history, I have no doubt that the sampling that they used is a proper national sampling. Its just the question that is useless.

Answer 6

It doesn't mean that, it means just the opposite. Here's an interesting twist. When the Religious Right goes on about gay marriage they insist that the majority opinion should rule and the majority do not approve of gay marriage. You can point out that "majority rules" doesn't apply in matters of civil rights until you're blue in the face - they will pretend not to understand. But since they are so convinced that should be the standard they should have to concede that most Americans hold a pro-choice stance, which doesn't mean they are pro-abortion. After all, majority rules right? Or does that only apply when it's something they don't like because they term it as "immoral." Hmm...hard to figure out their pretzel logic sometimes isn't it?

Answer 7

Your ignorance is obvious, as well as the falseness of the source of the report for how Americans feel about the subject. Get out of the shelter of a college, or community that is a very small part of the population as a whole. ANY university can publish a poll about anything and say that it represents the ideas of the nation. What you don't say in your question, is who were the ones polled? Just those known to be in favor, just the students and faculty of the school. If it was just the students and faculty then your poll is that of the school, and NOT of the nation. PROPERLY conducted polls of the whole nation tell a much different story. All that you have done is show a very one sided poll and your own folly to represent a school's populace as being that of the nation. Sorry, but your poll isn't worth the paper it is written on. Grow up deary, get the information based on reliable sources that have taken the time to poll all of the people, every where, not just your microcosm at your school. The har-har is on you and your foolishness to quote an inaccurate source. Try asking the adults who were around then, and from every point of view before making such false claims.

Answer 8

50% are pro life but refuse to let their personal beliefs interfere with the right to choose (Roe v. Wade).

Answer 9

I read you link. You skipped a couple of polls to get one you liked. The plurality want stricter limits. That is what Im for. I think abortion should be legal in cases of medical emergency (mother's life) or rape/incest. However, if you look at the statistics, these only make up 7% of abortions, the other 93% are for birth control reasons. So, the language is that most people are probably against at least most abortions. I have done some research on abortion, and the pro-life argument (scientifically, ethically and socially) is superior to the pro-choice argument.

Lol. Look up abortion facts, go to yahoo images and type in abortion photos. Heck, if any of this were shown on public TV in an ad or something, I assure you abortion would suddenly become a hot issue.

Answer 10

The sad part of this problem is that Roe herself is now
pro-choice and wishes she had never taken this to court
in the first place. She is so sad that millions of beating
hearts of precious innocent babies have been stopped
because of her intervention many years ago. Why can't
women assert their rights by using birth control which is
readily available anywhere? And what about the dad's
rights? Lastly, how about the unborn's rights? Seems like
only the women have these rights.....does that make it
right? I hardly think so. If all these women were made to
firstly watch an actual abortion, they would decide against
having one themselves when they see little tiny baby parts
being scraped out piece by piece. How gross.

Answer 11

abortion is no laughing matter whether you agree with it or not it and depending on how you look at it causes great harm to the baby, the mother and the father. personally i am against it but feel that the mother and father are the only ones that have the right to decide that. but i also want to point out that i have been a counselor for many years and can tell you that even those who had one and made the decision based on the facts of abortion and their needs/wants/situation at the time still have difficultly with it and many need counseling. the increasing number of fathers who are left out of the decision to have an abortion but then made to provide child support if the mother chooses to have the child are coming forward for support, advice and counseling. its a difficult thing to have to decide and anyone who downplays it or makes it out to be a simple procedure has either never had one or known someone who has.