Pro-choice,
Pro-life to cast key ballots
The
perennial litmus test between neoconservative and liberal is in
place, thriving, and a potent factor in the race between presidential
candidates.
One
in six registered voters polled say abortion is a deciding factor in
how they will vote.
A
poll shows pro-life voters opposed to on-demand termination of
pregnancy head to the polls with a 2-point advantage over those who
take a pro-choice posture on the question of the right of a woman to
choose to end her pregnancy in the privacy of the physician-patient
relationship.
A
broad swath of 17 percent indicated that not only is the abortion
issue important enough to swing their vote, but the candidate must
share their view on the matter, or they will not cast a ballot in his
favor.
Of
these, 9 percent are against abortion – a political position called
pro-life – while the 7 percent labeled pro-choice favor the right
of a woman to choose whether she will carry her child to term.
Some
45 percent see the matter as one of many important factors, while
only 34 percent indicated it's less than a major issue.
For
all the decades since Roe v. Wade became the controlling opinion in
the legal battle over the right of a woman to choose abortion in the
confidence of her relationship with her physician, ultra-conservative
political action committees have required Republican candidates to
state in plain language their personal opinions on the legality of
terminating the life of an unborn child on demand.
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