{"id":295482,"date":"2023-07-31T06:34:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=295482"},"modified":"2023-07-28T19:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T00:25:00","slug":"one-six-force-justified-right-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/one-six-force-justified-right-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: One in six self-identified Democrats say ‘force’ is justified to protect abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new report<\/a> from the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) found<\/a> that the number of people who support the use of violence in order to make abortion legal again nationwide is growing.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade<\/em> in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em> decision, which left individual states to make their own laws regarding abortion. Since then, ongoing threats<\/a> and violence<\/a> have been directed towards the pro-life movement. Though the media often claims abortion facilities are targeted for violence, the FBI has acknowledged that 70% of abortion-related violence since that time has been perpetrated against pro-life groups.<\/p>\n

The CPOST survey lends more credence to these findings. It pointed out that “radical, expressly violent support” to restore Roe<\/em> has grown from 8% to 12%; the largest increase was among Democrats, doubling from 8% to 16% support. The survey specifically asked, “[The use of force is justified to restore the federal right to abortion.] To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?”<\/em><\/p>\n

The majority of respondents did say they strongly disagree. But at 12%, that could translate to 31 million Americans agreeing with the idea of using violence in support of abortion. An even higher percentage of respondents \u2014 17% \u2014 agreed with using violence to “ensure members of Congress and other government officials do the right thing,” a number which has nearly doubled since January 2023. Again, CPOST said this increase is largest among Democrats.<\/p>\n