The Manhattan Declaration

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Obama Election Did Not Change America's View on Abortion

Below is not written by me. This comes from Fr. Frank Pavone, God bless him! +JMJ+


Those in the mainstream news media who support abortion will bombard our fellow Americans with false reports that the election of Obama is a sign that America has “moved beyond abortion” ... or “gotten over its fixation on the fetus” ... and is now willing to accept abortion-on-demand as the law of the land.

Nothing could be further from the truth!

In fact, a recent poll conducted by the Marist College Institute of Public Opinion shows that only eight percent of Americans support the extremist abortion policy of Roe v Wade, namely, that a woman has the legal right to kill her unborn child for any reason and throughout all nine months of pregnancy.

That means that 92% of our fellow Americans want abortion restricted in some way. And of those:

· 32 percent say abortion should only be allowed in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.
· 15 percent say only to save the life of the mother.
· And the remaining 13 percent believe as you and I do; namely, that abortion should never be permitted under any circumstance.

Even more telling, the Marist study found that even among those who call themselves “pro-choice,” only 15 percent favor unrestricted abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy ... which is what Roe v Wade currently allows.

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