{"id":157286,"date":"2016-11-23T18:20:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T23:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=157286"},"modified":"2016-11-23T18:13:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T23:13:25","slug":"new-poll-warns-not-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-dont-buy-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-poll-warns-not-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-dont-buy-it\/","title":{"rendered":"New poll warns not to overturn Roe v. Wade. Don’t buy it."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Now that the presidential election has made overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em> a very real possibility in the not-too-distant future<\/a>, abortion advocates are shifting their focus to sowing discontent about the possibility, in the hopes that making a world without Roe<\/em> sound outrageous and unthinkable will intimidate judges and politicians away from it.<\/p>\n

To that end, they\u2019ve seized upon a new Quinnipiac University poll<\/a> supposedly showing that most of the public not only sides with abortion, but strongly wants Roe<\/em> to stand. In response to the question, \u201cIn general, do you agree or disagree with the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion?\u201d 67% of respondents agreed and just 30% disagreed. Further:<\/p>\n

American voter opinions on abortion are:<\/p>\n

– 26 percent say it should be legal in all cases;<\/p>\n

– 38 percent say it should be legal in most cases;<\/p>\n

– 22 percent say it should be illegal in most cases;<\/p>\n

– 10 percent say it should be illegal in all cases.<\/p>\n

For Supreme Court nominees, Trump should consider only a nominee’s qualifications, 51 percent of voters say, while 40 percent say he also should consider the nominee’s opinions on issues such as abortion. Those who want a nominee’s opinions considered say 51 – 43 percent that Trump should not nominate Supreme Court justices who will vote to restrict abortion rights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It sounds bad for the pro-life cause, but we need to keep some important caveats in mind.<\/p>\n

First, Quinnipiac\u2019s result on abortion itself, 64% generally for and 32% generally against, is a dramatic outlier in abortion polling, calling into question the rest of this poll\u2019s findings. Two decades\u2019 <\/em>worth of polling data from Gallup, 1995 through 2015, has consistently found<\/a> that at least<\/em> 54% of Americans want abortion limited to few or no circumstances. Further, Marist Institute polls commissioned by the Knights of Columbus (KoC is pro-life, but Marist is a respected independent group) in 2008<\/a>, 2014<\/a>, 2015<\/a>, and 2016<\/a> consistently found that between 56% and 59% want to ban either all abortions or limit them to rape, incest, and life of the mother.<\/p>\n

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