Another Vague Abortion Poll Overstates Support For Roe

Another vague poll that says Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade displays the breadth of the misunderstanding of Roe more than support for the policies laid down in Roe

A recent poll by Knowledge Networks, Yahoo and the AP asked: "In 1973 the Roe vs. Wade decision established a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. Would you like to see the Supreme Court overturn its Roe vs. Wade decision, or would you like to see Roe vs. Wade remain in force?" 66 percent of Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade. 32 percent support overturning it and 2 percent don't know. This is to be expected.

This poll is vauge and useless because most people are not aware of the scope of Roe and that Roe v. Wade and its companion case Doe v. Bolton, make abortion legal throughout pregnancy. Before viability (end of second "trimester," six months in Roe) no reason is needed for an abortion. After viability abortion can be prohibited by the states, except for the "health of the mother". The meaning of the phrase, "health of the mother" explains why pro-lifers say that abortion is legal until birth.

Doe v. Bolton defines the health of the mother this way, "the medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors - physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age - relevant to the wellbeing of the patient. All these factors may relate to health."

This means that as long as a woman can find a doctor who in his are her opinion says that the woman's wellbeing may be disturbed by any of these criteria, the abortion can be done after viability for almost any reason. That's why the notorious abortionist George Tiller (AKA Tiller the Killer) has been able to abort unborn children for years when the child presents no risk to the mother's physical health, well beyond viability.

Studen ts For Life of America recorded Tiller saying he's aborted on the day before the mother's due date. This is the policy of Roe v. Wade and the policy of Planned Parenthood, not the majority of Americans.

When given accurate information about Roe and its scope, a majority adopts one of the three pro-life positions (abortion for rape, incest, life of the mother; life of the mother; no exceptions) and oppose over 95 percent of the abortions. See our article Pro-Life Views Are Mainstream at the Nevada LIFE website to view these polls.

The good news is that Americans have become more and more pro-life and our cause is making a huge impact. Our efforts to humanize the unborn and the impact of abortion on aborting women, have turned the tide in our direction.

Abortion providers like Planned Parenthood will always try to portray us as anti-science, anti-technology and anti-women. The truth is that when we are debating abortion advocates, the last thing they want to talk about is science, the impact on women or allow us to use technologies like inter uterine photography, ultrasound or pictures of abortions. NARAL Pro-choice America has even called ultra-sound a weapon. That comment speaks volumes about the mind set of the abortion movement.

Abortion advocates are not helped by their "anti-choice" tactics of trying to deny women informed consent-including ultra sounds, attempts to force personnel, facilities and insurers to participate in abortion, efforts to deny parents the right to know; nor are they helped trying to deny states the right to have abortion clinics meet the same requirements as other outpatient facilities and its refusal to report suspicions of statutory rape.

In the end, it's Planned Parenthood and abortion advocates who are the anti- technology Luddites who would impose abortion and who would keep women and parents from the truth. No wonder they keep hiding behind these vague push polls.