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A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE As Evisceration of Roe Looms, Poll Finds Support for Abortion Rights at New High ... The findings come on the heels of nationwide marches in defense of reproductive rights. 
Pro-choice activists march along Constitution Avenue to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2022, to declare, 'Bans off our bodies.' (Photo: Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Original article: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/16/evisceration-roe-looms-poll-finds-support-abortion-rights-new-high Burgess COMMENTARY In a democracy, elections have consequences. In the United States (and in other countries as well) the a big part of the electorate has chosen to sit out the election process and leave everything up to others. This is a formula for disaster ... and it is what we now have. It is true that in the United States, political bahavior leaves a lot to be desired ... but 'we the people' have not done a very good job of electing better people. Now we have a whole lot of elected representatives and Senators that are very old. very powerful and not very well informed about the policy options that are needed to ensure a vital future for the United States and its people. One of the advantages of age is that it gives a longer timeline of change. Younger people have little idea how much productivity has improved in the last 40 years and how little of that productivity has been shared with people who work for a living. There are less and less people who have any memory of what happened before 1980 ... or before 1960. When I was a student (economics) at Cambridge one of the lively subjects for debate was the rle of economic concentration and monopolies. Business leaders were careful not to behave in a manner that would attract the attention of anti-trust regulators and monoply commisions. Several key executives at GE went to jail for anti-trust violations. The big tech companies in recent times have behaved far more aggressively than GE ever did ... and nothing, absolutely nothing has been done to constrain them. I was in my 20s in the 60s ... and somewhat prudish by the standards of the day. This was driven by my parents' conservative values as well as social changes that were coming into play as a result of 'the pill' which was coming into more widespread use. I remember lamenting that I had missed the 'sexual' revolution because I was simply too old !!!!!!! But I did become aware that 'unwanted pregnacies' were a huge issue for young women ... and back alley abortion providers were the only solution for many. Too many young people dies because of this ... and the Roe-v-Wade decision by SCOTUS was a godsend went it was decided in 1973. Conservative old men should have no role at all in determining the laws that are to govern how women life their lives and what they choose to do with their bodies. I am old. I am conservative. And I have no clue about how women choose their priorities no matter how hard I try. Peter Burgess | ||
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As Evisceration of Roe Looms, Poll Finds Support for Abortion Rights at New High
The findings come on the heels of nationwide marches in defense of reproductive rights. Written by ANDREA GERMANOS May 16, 2022 With reproductive rights defenders staging rallies and other events in response to a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning protections enshrined in Roe v. Wade, a new NBC poll finds record-high support for abortion rights. Released Sunday, the survey of 1,000 adults reveals that 60% say abortion should be legal at least some of the time. Thirty-seven percent say it should be legal all the time, and 23% say it should be legal most of the time. That combined amount of support marks the highest level since the poll first asked the question in 2003. Just 5% say it should be illegal without exceptions—a new low level of support for that position—while 32% say it should be illegal except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the mother's life. The poll also found that 63% oppose overturning Roe, 54% of whom strongly oppose overturning the 1973 Supreme Court decision. In contrast, 30% support overturning the ruling. Opposition to overturning Roe was higher the last time the poll asked the question, however. In 2018, 71% opposed overturning the ruling, compared with 23% that supported taking away the abortion protections. The survey, which has a margin of error of 3.1%, was conducted this month after Politico published Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's draft majority opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that would overturn the abortion rights enshrined by Roe and later affirmed in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In response to that leak—and further incensed by the U.S. Senate's subsequent failure to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, which would affirm abortion rights at the federal level—and other state-level attacks on reproductive rights, pro-choice advocates held actions Saturday in cities nationwide. The 'Bans Off Our Bodies' events included rallies in hundreds of U.S. cities, from major metropolises like Los Angeles to smaller cities like Staunton, Virginia, where medical student and protest attender Aliena Lowell said, 'I felt like I couldn't rightly stand by and do nothing when a very important part of people's healthcare was at risk.' The actions were organized by progressive groups including the Women's March, which made clear they're ready to hit the streets once again. 'Our Summer of Rage is officially beginning,' the Women's March tweeted Sunday, adding that they're 'prepared to rage for Roe all summer, culminating in a Women's Convention in Houston.' 'We won't rest,' the group added, 'until abortion rights are protected.' Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely. Related Content Joe Manchin ... 'Beyond Shameful': Manchin Joins Senate GOP—Again—to Block Abortion Rights ... Jessica Corbett
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