{"id":1467976,"date":"2022-05-08T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1467976"},"modified":"2022-05-08T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T13:00:15","slug":"poll-americans-dont-side-with-democrats-on-abortion-without-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-americans-dont-side-with-democrats-on-abortion-without-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Americans Don\u2019t Side With Democrats on Abortion Without Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-americans-dont-side-with-democrats-on-abortion-without-limits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1467976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"aside1\" class=\"left\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>This week has been a whirlwind with the abortion issue finding its way front and center into politics, after a draft showing that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn <em>Roe v. Wade\u00a0<\/em>was leaked. It&#8217;s also been a week to remind where people stand on the abortion, which is not with the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2022\/05\/05\/nrsc-sneak-peak-abortion-polling-n2606804\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">I highlighted earlier in the week<\/a>, the NRSC released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrsc.org\/press-releases\/new-nrsc-polling-democrats-are-outside-the-mainstream-on-abortion-2022-05-05\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">internal polling<\/a> to support messaging that it&#8217;s Republicans who have the winning position among voters with commonsense restrictions and regulations, while Democrats unpopularly advocate for abortion throughout up until birth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One such result from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrsc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Abortion_Updated.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">that poll<\/a> found that by 55-35 percent, voters believe the &#8220;Supreme Court should allow the states to ban late-term abortions.&#8221; The draft that was leaked applies to a decision for <em>Dobbs v. Jackson,\u00a0<\/em>which is deciding the constitutionality of Mississippi&#8217;s 15-week abortion ban.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t merely an internal poll released earlier this week, though.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/official-polls\/fox-news-poll-just-over-half-favor-banning-abortions-after-15-weeks.amp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">released their polling<\/a> showing that by 54-41 percent, respondents support the 15-week ban. Further, a plurality of respondents, at 43 percent, want abortion to be &#8220;mostly illegal.&#8221; The poll was conducted April 28-May 1, just before the draft was leaked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guy, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2022\/05\/04\/abortion-politics-democrats-dont-want-to-codify-roe-they-are-demanding-something-far-more-extreme-n2606719\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in his reporting earlier this week<\/a>, referred to the poll as a &#8220;Narrative Buster,&#8221; especially as women support the ban more so than men do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/support-for-15-week-abortion-ban-outweighs-opposition-wsj-poll-finds-11648821601\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Wall Street Journal<\/a> released polling <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2022\/04\/03\/poll-more-people-support-abortion-restrictions-like-the-one-scotus-may-soon-uphold-n2605422\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">showing that\u00a0<\/a>a plurality of respondents, by 48-43 percent, support that 15-week ban on abortion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Polling released last June by <a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/ap-norc-poll-most-say-restrict-abortion-after-1st-trimester\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research<\/a> showed even greater support, for more limits. Sixty-five percent of respondents said abortion should be generally illegal in the second trimester, and 80 percent said it should be generally illegal in the third trimester.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gallup, which regularly conducts polling on abortion, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/1576\/abortion.aspx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">has found<\/a> similar support for making abortion illegal at those points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Polling <a href=\"https:\/\/application.marketsight.com\/app\/ItemView.aspx?SharedFor=director%40bigdatapoll.com&#038;SharedBy=34090&#038;id=b1dc41e9-ed80-49c3-ba20-adbc00ca88e3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">from recent months<\/a> that was provided to Townhall by Richard Baris, the director of Big Poll Data, found that by 67.2 to 17.1 percent, respondents oppose abortion being legal in the last three months of pregnancy, while 15.7 percent are unsure. It&#8217;s worth highlighting that women are more likely to oppose such abortions being legal, at 68.4 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Democrats point to how a majority of respondents do not want to see <em>Roe\u00a0<\/em>overturned. A major reason for that, though, is because many don&#8217;t know overturning <em>Roe\u00a0<\/em>will not automatically ban abortion nationwide, as they have been led to fear. Rather, it will allow the states to decide their own abortion laws through their elected officials. I&#8217;ve<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2021\/05\/22\/polls-claim-americans-support-roe-but-thats-not-the-whole-story-n2589868\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0addressed this<\/a> in depth before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael J. New, writing for Live Action News, pointed out on Friday that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/mainstream-media-polls-roe-mislead\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">This week\u2019s mainstream media polls on Roe v. Wade continue to mislead<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Marc Thiessen, a columnist for The Washington Post made a similar point, and even had a warning for Democrats, with &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/05\/05\/abortion-ruling-likely-energize-republicans\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watch out, Democrats. The abortion ruling may help Republicans<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats would be smart to take such advice.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Fox News&#8217; Peter Doocy during Thursday&#8217;s press conference, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tried to dodge directly answering as to if President Joe Biden supports any limits on abortion, and if he supports abortion up until the moment of birth. She instead emphasized how the president &#8220;supports the right of a woman to make choices about her own body with her own doctor.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Biden doesn&#8217;t support any limits, and he supports abortion up until birth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">REPORTER: &#8220;Does [Biden] support any limits on abortion?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PSAKI: No<\/p>\n<p>REPORTER: &#8220;Does the president support abortion until the moment of birth?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PSAKI: Yes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r0miFCi6e5\">pic.twitter.com\/r0miFCi6e5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1522330619618996225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Such purposeful vagueness and non-answers are a pattern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Doocy also referenced Rep. Tim Ryan, the Democratic nominee looking to replace retiring Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio. During an interview with Fox News&#8217; Bret Baier, who asked him multiple times if he supported &#8220;any limits on abortion,&#8221; Ryan answered &#8220;you gotta leave it up to the woman&#8221; and claimed Baier and he &#8220;can&#8217;t account for all the different scenarios.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRyan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TimRyan<\/a> refuses to say if there should be any limits on abortion THREE TIMES. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O0Xdt40f2l\">pic.twitter.com\/O0Xdt40f2l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NRSC Rapid Response (@NRSC_Rapid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRSC_Rapid\/status\/1521998418918490112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Ohio Democrat, gubernatorial nominee Nan Whaley, refused to give an answer to host Chuck Todd on &#8220;Meet the Press Daily&#8221; as to whether she supported any limits, even when prompted multiple times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Ohio Democrat Governor nominee Nan Whaley says she doesn\u2019t support ANY limits on abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wAfwyrs5nt\">pic.twitter.com\/wAfwyrs5nt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1521913498783125509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In Texas, Beto O&#8217;Rourke, who is now running for governor, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bradj_TX\/status\/1522260958290321410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1522260958290321410%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fbradj_TX2Fstatus2F1522260958290321410widget%3DTweet\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">answered<\/a> &#8220;this is a decision for a woman to make.&#8221; He also falsely claimed that &#8220;most of us in Texas agree on&#8221; that point. Polling from last October, shortly after the Texas&#8217; abortion law went into effect, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2021\/10\/31\/poll-texans-support-state-heartbeat-bill-once-they-realize-what-it-actually-entails-n2598263\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shows\u00a0<\/a>most Texans support the bill once they know a fetal heartbeat is detected at around six weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Democratic senatorial candidates in Pennsylvania, who are running to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican, have been a little more forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>John Fetterman, the current lieutenant governor, was asked during a Democratic primary debate if there were any limits he &#8220;would find appropriate.&#8221; He responded with &#8220;I don&#8217;t believe so, no.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Pennsylvania\u2019s Lt. Gov John Fetterman says he wants to eliminate the filibuster to \u201ccodify\u201d abortion without any limits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe [there should be any limits to abortion]\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4QYTualTN6\">pic.twitter.com\/4QYTualTN6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1518972909779312640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another primary candidate, Rep. Conor Lamb, is quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/politics\/election\/senate-abortion-pennsylvania-primary-oz-fetterman-20220503.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">as saying that<\/a> &#8220;if your right is a right, it\u2019s your right the whole way through pregnancy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stacey Abrams is once again looking to become governor of Georgia, and reporting from Tia Mitchell with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution noted that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/stacey-abrams-says-leaked-supreme-court-abortion-ruling-will-shape-her-campaign\/OSLRPR6AH5DSLNFGTLCU5RTFLU\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Stacey Abrams says leaked Supreme Court abortion ruling will shape her campaign<\/a>.&#8221; Mitchell noted when asked about limits that Abrams instead gave an answer about how it&#8217;s up to women, their doctors, their families, but not elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), who often <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReverendWarnock\/status\/1521307205349351424\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">touts himself<\/a> as a pro-choice pastor, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McCormackJohn\/status\/1521521336371269632?s=20&#038;t=e8Qaiv7ViWNCoOSbETcyHw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">was asked by\u00a0<\/a>National Review&#8217;s John McCormack if he supported any legal limits, didn&#8217;t give an answer. &#8220;I support a woman\u2019s right to choose,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Katie Hobbs, the Democratic Secretary of State in Arizona who is running for governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aUUDUVjRy3E\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">was pressed<\/a> in a local TV interview about if she supported any limits. She was even offered specifics, such as 15 weeks and 24 weeks. &#8220;Abortion is a personal decision between a woman and her family and her doctor. And that\u2019s something that needs to be discussed in the medical exam room, not by politicians,&#8221; Hobbs instead went with.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not only is abortion not a major issue in the midterms for voters, but as Thiessen and Guy highlighted when pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/06\/politics\/cnn-poll-abortion-midterms-roe-v-wade\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a CNN poll<\/a>, voters who are enthusiastic about the midterms are more likely to say they&#8217;d be happy with\u00a0<em>Roe\u00a0<\/em>being overturned.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">But I thought abortion was going to close the Democrats enthusiasm gap? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zNUAY0YJnX\">https:\/\/t.co\/zNUAY0YJnX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Thiessen ?????? (@marcthiessen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcthiessen\/status\/1522703710526361601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A &#8220;Narrative Buster&#8221; indeed.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week has been a whirlwind with the abortion issue finding its way front and center into politics, after a draft showing that the U.S. Supreme Court will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1467976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}