WN: Voters oppose most abortions, poll says - Baptist Press

[George]

American voters oppose legalized abortion in the overwhelming majority of circumstances allowed under current law, according to a new poll.

http://www.worthynews.com/news/bpnews-net-...s-asp-ID-25693/

[Tubal-Cain]

That thread title is confusing. The 2nd paragraph claims that 48% of Americans support Roe v Wade even after they learn of its wide reach and 43% oppose it. Thus they want abortion to be legal at some level (keep in mind that not all 43% who oppose Roe oppose all abortions).

What the poll suggests is that Americans oppose abortions for the sake of convenience. It goes on to say, on the basis of a different study, that 86% of abortions are done for this reason. Hence the other conclusion to draw is that most Americans think such women who have abortions (86% of them) make bad decisions (decisions they think should be illegal).

[Arthur Durnan]

But why kill ANY baby in the womb of the same HUMAN genre as the very mother. Is the human infant but a wood-duck? Is it but a Martian or some other E.T.? Medically speaking, the foetus (little one, Latin), is not just a potential human being but rather a very little human being - does size determine humanity? - with full potential that requires time to develop and mature. Life is a CONTINUUM. It's not measured in weeks, in inches, in pounds or kilograms, but it's a continuum. A Tom Thumb and a Paul Bunyon are surely BOTH human beings.

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