Nearly Half Say Abortion
Too Easy to Obtain; 54% Say Abortion Morally Wrong Most of the
Time
Part Two of Three
By Dave Andrusko
 The
first sentence of the Rasmussen Reports survey tells us that
"Nearly half (48%) of U.S. voters continue to believe that an
abortion is too easy to obtain in this country, according to a
new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey." Twenty-three
percent believe the level of difficulty is about right and 15%
believe it is too hard.
While helpful, there are
other results in the survey of 1,000 likely voters that are at
least as illuminating, including the complementary finding that
54% agree that "abortion is morally wrong most of the time."
This compares with 32% who disagree.
What else?
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"Women (53%) feel more
strongly than men (42%) that abortions are too easy to get,"
according to Rasmussen. In addition, "58% of women believe
that abortion is morally wrong in most cases, compared to
49% of men." This affirms yet again that women are more in
the pro-life column than are men.
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"Sixty-one percent (61%)
of voters say abortion is at least somewhat important as an
issue in terms of how they will vote in November, with 33%
who say it is Very Important," according to Rasmussen.
"Thirty-seven percent (37%) say it's not very or not at all
important to them as a voting issue." More important is that
"Pro-life voters, however, are twice as likely as those who
are pro-choice to say abortion as an issue is important to
how they vote this fall." (What percent that represents was
not explained.)
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But perhaps the most
interesting result (because so suggestive) is that while
"Ninety-one percent (91%) of pro-life voters say abortion is
morally wrong most of the time," according to Rasmussen,
"61% of those who are pro-choice do not share that view."
Does that mean that most or all of the remaining 39% of
self-identified pro-choicers say abortion is morally wrong
most of the time?
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