Men, Women and Abortion Rights
Apropos of nothing...way back when in college, some source that I had reason to trust (don't remember who exactly) claimed that men actually supported abortion rights in slightly greater percentages than women. This didn't seem possible.
But something reminded me of that this morning and I decided to check it out. I found this:
2003 CBS news poll
Abortion should be...
Generally available
Men: 40%
Women: 37%
Not permitted
Men: 20%
Women: 24%
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Also...
2005 Pew Report
% of Men who believe abortion should be "Generally Available" or "Generally Available but with more limitations" than present now: 58
% of Women: 56
% of Men who believe abortion should be illegal except for rape/incest/to save the life of the mother (weird that these are lumped together) or never permitted: 40
% of Women: 42
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Now, there's no particular relevance to the merits of the debate here, but I was pretty surprised that the numbers were close, let alone that women were slightly more in favor of rolling back the clock.
(Also interesting - 31% of white catholics thought abortion should be generally available, versus only 11% who thought it should never be permitted).
But something reminded me of that this morning and I decided to check it out. I found this:
2003 CBS news poll
Abortion should be...
Generally available
Men: 40%
Women: 37%
Not permitted
Men: 20%
Women: 24%
------------------------
Also...
2005 Pew Report
% of Men who believe abortion should be "Generally Available" or "Generally Available but with more limitations" than present now: 58
% of Women: 56
% of Men who believe abortion should be illegal except for rape/incest/to save the life of the mother (weird that these are lumped together) or never permitted: 40
% of Women: 42
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Now, there's no particular relevance to the merits of the debate here, but I was pretty surprised that the numbers were close, let alone that women were slightly more in favor of rolling back the clock.
(Also interesting - 31% of white catholics thought abortion should be generally available, versus only 11% who thought it should never be permitted).
posted by Nim at
9:03 AM
4 Comments:
Okay.
Tried turning off computer and (high Speed) modem,
No dice.
Just got off the phone with Comcast. Changed my IP address.
No dice. Still can't get on Atrios at home.
Still says I am banned!
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Anonymous, at 9:24 PM
You sure it isnt blogger down time?
Atrios and all of blogger has been off and on for the past 4 hours.
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High Power Rocketry, at 11:22 PM
What a pain in the ass.
Still can't get on at home!
I have sent eschatonmail@comcast.net SO many e-mails and have gotten no answer.
I'm really getting pissed off.
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Anonymous, at 7:13 PM
Have you tried deleting your browser cookies?
Bannings happen by IP address, usually, so changing it should have solved the issue, unless a range was banned, and your new number still fell within the banned range....
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Nim, at 7:43 PM
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