{"id":1472423,"date":"2022-05-12T07:44:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1472423"},"modified":"2022-05-12T07:46:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:46:38","slug":"media-unsurprisingly-exaggerate-public-support-for-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-unsurprisingly-exaggerate-public-support-for-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Unsurprisingly Exaggerate Public Support for Abortion"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fmedia-unsurprisingly-exaggerate-public-support-for-abortion%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=1472423&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--><p>Following reports that the Supreme Court could soon overturn\u00a0<i><span>Roe<\/span><\/i><span> v.<\/span><i><span>\u00a0Wade<\/span><\/i><span>, the media rushed to assert that Americans support the abortion status quo. The reality is far more complicated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Consider the oft-repeated claim that Americans support the <\/span><i><span>Roe<\/span><\/i><span> decision:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1592886 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/671BB79C-EDDA-46E4-9522-5FD0B352E541_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1144\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/671BB79C-EDDA-46E4-9522-5FD0B352E541_4_5005_c-1.jpeg 1144w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/671BB79C-EDDA-46E4-9522-5FD0B352E541_4_5005_c-300x82.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/671BB79C-EDDA-46E4-9522-5FD0B352E541_4_5005_c-1024x281-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/671BB79C-EDDA-46E4-9522-5FD0B352E541_4_5005_c-768x211-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/671BB79C-EDDA-46E4-9522-5FD0B352E541_4_5005_c-736x202-1.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span>This framing obscures the fact that Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/where-americans-stand-on-abortion-in-5-charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oppose<\/a> abortion more with each passing trimester:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1592895 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1BB917BD-86DA-4501-AF0C-DEA7FC110D3B.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1BB917BD-86DA-4501-AF0C-DEA7FC110D3B-1.jpeg 887w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1BB917BD-86DA-4501-AF0C-DEA7FC110D3B-300x202-1.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1BB917BD-86DA-4501-AF0C-DEA7FC110D3B-768x517-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1BB917BD-86DA-4501-AF0C-DEA7FC110D3B-736x495-1.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1BB917BD-86DA-4501-AF0C-DEA7FC110D3B-730x491-1.jpeg 730w\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span>Claiming that &#8220;Americans support Roe&#8221; also obscures state-level opinion. Even the <em>New York Times<\/em> notes that majorities in 11 states support banning abortion in most or all cases:<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1592988 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BDDC1E0D-F6FA-4546-A9A9-F2C5C68F4879.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BDDC1E0D-F6FA-4546-A9A9-F2C5C68F4879-1.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BDDC1E0D-F6FA-4546-A9A9-F2C5C68F4879-300x219-1.jpeg 300w\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><span>Most reports omit that most Americans think only doctors with hospital admitting privileges should be able to provide abortions\u2014a <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/womens-health-policy\/poll-finding\/abortion-knowledge-and-attitudes-kff-polling-and-policy-insights\/\">restriction <\/a><\/span><span>that the Supreme Court has struck down as an undue burden under <em>Roe:<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1592994 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/53794CDF-FC52-4414-B018-B9F10152CA59.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/53794CDF-FC52-4414-B018-B9F10152CA59-1.jpeg 775w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/53794CDF-FC52-4414-B018-B9F10152CA59-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/53794CDF-FC52-4414-B018-B9F10152CA59-768x432-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/53794CDF-FC52-4414-B018-B9F10152CA59-736x414-1.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span>News outlets like to note that America&#8217;s European allies are worried about the Court overturning <em>Roe<\/em>:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1592925 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0D4654D6-9388-448C-B6DF-030A20D9EBC7_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0D4654D6-9388-448C-B6DF-030A20D9EBC7_4_5005_c-1.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0D4654D6-9388-448C-B6DF-030A20D9EBC7_4_5005_c-300x141.jpeg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1592928 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A0658078-AAA1-4868-BB1F-F756E2AE9C25_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1142\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A0658078-AAA1-4868-BB1F-F756E2AE9C25_4_5005_c-1.jpeg 1142w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A0658078-AAA1-4868-BB1F-F756E2AE9C25_4_5005_c-300x67.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A0658078-AAA1-4868-BB1F-F756E2AE9C25_4_5005_c-1024x229-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A0658078-AAA1-4868-BB1F-F756E2AE9C25_4_5005_c-768x171.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A0658078-AAA1-4868-BB1F-F756E2AE9C25_4_5005_c-736x164.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span>Outlets including\u00a0CNN and the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0claim that overturning\u00a0<em>Roe<\/em>\u00a0would make the United States a global &#8220;outlier&#8221; on abortion laws:<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1592952 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2B63F947-F008-424A-B43B-589F5FC5DBD3_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1146\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2B63F947-F008-424A-B43B-589F5FC5DBD3_4_5005_c-1.jpeg 1146w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2B63F947-F008-424A-B43B-589F5FC5DBD3_4_5005_c-300x55.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2B63F947-F008-424A-B43B-589F5FC5DBD3_4_5005_c-1024x189.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2B63F947-F008-424A-B43B-589F5FC5DBD3_4_5005_c-768x141.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2B63F947-F008-424A-B43B-589F5FC5DBD3_4_5005_c-736x136.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1592955 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/93E7A073-1B4D-43CC-921F-A05336AAEE16_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/93E7A073-1B4D-43CC-921F-A05336AAEE16_4_5005_c-1.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/93E7A073-1B4D-43CC-921F-A05336AAEE16_4_5005_c-300x98.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/93E7A073-1B4D-43CC-921F-A05336AAEE16_4_5005_c-768x251-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/93E7A073-1B4D-43CC-921F-A05336AAEE16_4_5005_c-736x240-1.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1592958 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0E4E2B13-EC4A-40BA-A844-85D59E846BC3_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"722\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0E4E2B13-EC4A-40BA-A844-85D59E846BC3_4_5005_c-1.jpeg 722w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0E4E2B13-EC4A-40BA-A844-85D59E846BC3_4_5005_c-300x113.jpeg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span>Of course, this coverage ignores the fact that most European countries\u00a0<\/span><span>limits abortion after 15 weeks\u2014far earlier than <\/span><i><span>Roe:<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1592940 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/E1F8D7C6-ACBE-4785-92E6-403C3459C4EE-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1244\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/E1F8D7C6-ACBE-4785-92E6-403C3459C4EE-1-1.jpeg 1244w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/E1F8D7C6-ACBE-4785-92E6-403C3459C4EE-1-300x144.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/E1F8D7C6-ACBE-4785-92E6-403C3459C4EE-1-1024x491-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/E1F8D7C6-ACBE-4785-92E6-403C3459C4EE-1-768x368-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/E1F8D7C6-ACBE-4785-92E6-403C3459C4EE-1-736x353-1.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span>The leaked <\/span><i><span>Roe<\/span><\/i><span> decision has even caused the media to predict a coming prohibition of interracial marriage:<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1593000 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/F60C21CD-6C93-4A41-A8FE-4E257797F0EC_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/F60C21CD-6C93-4A41-A8FE-4E257797F0EC_4_5005_c-1.jpeg 622w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/F60C21CD-6C93-4A41-A8FE-4E257797F0EC_4_5005_c-300x117.jpeg 300w\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><span><br \/>Setting aside the legality of such a decision, lawmakers would probably struggle to ban interracial marriage, considering 94 percent of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/354638\/approval-interracial-marriage-new-high.aspx\">support<\/a> it.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following reports that the Supreme Court could soon overturn\u00a0Roe v.\u00a0Wade, the media rushed to assert that Americans support the abortion status quo. 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