{"id":98111,"date":"2016-07-25T14:24:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T18:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=98111"},"modified":"2016-07-25T14:24:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T18:24:57","slug":"new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"New Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

Earlier this month, the House passed the Conscience Protection Act<\/a>, which would protect hospitals, religious groups, medical practitioners, and individuals from having to violate their conscience by having to fund or participate in abortions against their wills.<\/p>\n

House Speaker Paul Ryan said, \u201cWhoever you are, whatever you believe, I think this is one thing we can all agree on: No one should be forced to violate their conscience \u2014 least of all by the federal government,\u201d while House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy explained, \u201cVoting for this bill isn\u2019t voting against abortion. It\u2019s voting against compulsion.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the bill makes its way to the Senate from the House, the Knights of Columbus sponsored a Marist poll to determine where Americans stand on this issue and found\u00a0overwhelming support from Americans for conscience protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over 1,000 Americans were asked, “Do you think doctors, nurses, or organizations who have moral objections to abortion should or should not be legally required to perform or provide insurance coverage for abortions?”\u00a0By almost 20 points (56% – 37%), respondents answered that they should not be legally required to either participate in or fund abortions.<\/p>\n

\"levatino-ad-LAN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Knights of Columbus CEO Carl Anderson responded to the poll results<\/a>, saying, \u201cConsistent with our First Amendment guarantees, the American people believe that no person or organization should be compelled to help perform or cover abortion. It is important that our elected officials continue to protect these important rights, and no American ever be forced to be involved in abortion against their conscience or religious beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite passing in the House, though, the bill is not expected to be signed into law — Barack Obama has already promised to veto it if it comes to his desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, the House passed the Conscience Protection Act, which would protect hospitals, religious groups, medical practitioners, and individuals from having to violate their conscience by having to fund or participate in abortions against their wills. House Speaker Paul Ryan said, \u201cWhoever you are, whatever you believe, I think this is one thing we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":79303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By almost 20 points (56% - 37%), respondents answered that those who object should not be legally required to either participate in or fund abortions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By almost 20 points (56% - 37%), respondents answered that those who object should not be legally required to either participate in or fund abortions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-25T18:24:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/medical-health-care.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cassy Cooke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cassy Cooke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cassy Cooke\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392\"},\"headline\":\"New Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-25T18:24:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-25T18:24:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/\"},\"wordCount\":291,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Newsbreak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/\",\"name\":\"New Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-25T18:24:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-25T18:24:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"By almost 20 points (56% - 37%), respondents answered that those who object should not be legally required to either participate in or fund abortions.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392\",\"name\":\"Cassy Cooke\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cassy Cooke\"},\"description\":\"Cassy has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/cassy-fiano\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion","description":"By almost 20 points (56% - 37%), respondents answered that those who object should not be legally required to either participate in or fund abortions.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion","og_description":"By almost 20 points (56% - 37%), respondents answered that those who object should not be legally required to either participate in or fund abortions.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2016-07-25T18:24:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":666,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/medical-health-care.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cassy Cooke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cassy Cooke","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/"},"author":{"name":"Cassy Cooke","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392"},"headline":"New Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion","datePublished":"2016-07-25T18:24:57+00:00","dateModified":"2016-07-25T18:24:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/"},"wordCount":291,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Newsbreak"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/","name":"New Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-07-25T18:24:57+00:00","dateModified":"2016-07-25T18:24:57+00:00","description":"By almost 20 points (56% - 37%), respondents answered that those who object should not be legally required to either participate in or fund abortions.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-marist-poll-shows-americans-want-conscience-protection-abortion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Marist poll: Americans want conscience protections for abortion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392","name":"Cassy Cooke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cassy Cooke"},"description":"Cassy has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/cassy-fiano\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98111"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98177,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98111\/revisions\/98177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}