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Originally Posted by wmbwinn
If 80 percent of Americans support abortion, then why do the Republicans always pick up voters and swell their ranks whenever abortion moves front and center in national debates?
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what? "80% of americans support abortion"???
that in itself is ludicrous.
the right wing wants to frame the abortion issue in such absolutes it borders on the absurd.
if a poll were taken that says "do you approve of abortions?", it would probably be over 90%, heck maybe 95%, saying no.
and shocking as it may be to you rightwingers, I'd predict even the "evil" obama would be in that camp.
newsflash: people can support the right of a woman to have an abortion but still be anti-abortion.
it's just that the majority of americans understand that a woman's right to control her uterus is HER decision, not yours or mine. nor the governments.
so yes, the vast majority of americans support the right of a woman to get an abortion in the case of incest or rape, many americans who oppose a blanket right support these exceptions.
so clearly palin's views denying that right to have an abortion in the case of rape or incest are extreme when looked at versus the vast majority of americans.