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"New Set of Priorities" Includes Lesser Diminishing Support for Abortion.
A pro-abortion feminist organization headed by former Planned Parenthood President Faye Wattleton has produced a report that strongly indicates a continuing decline in support among women for abortion. Produced by the Center for the Advancement of Women and released in late June, the report is entitled "Progress and Perils: New Agenda for Women."
"While we do have a certain point of view on women's issues, we don't believe we should suppress information," Mrs. Wattleton told the Washington Times. "[E]ven if we hold our noses at it, we want to be sure we show women's true perspective."
The center found "alarming news," Wattleton writes in the report's executive summary: "There is significant and growing support for severe restrictions on abortion rights." (emphasis added.)
This aforementioned "alarming news" takes two forms. The first is that "fewer than half" (actually far fewer - - 41%) said keeping abortion legal is a "top priority." In fact, only "increasing the number of girls who participate in organized sports" ranked lower.
But there was another example of diminishing support for abortion that probably hit even harder.
Only 30% said they believed abortion "should be generally available to those who want it," down from 34% in 2001 when the first round of women were interviewed. By contrast the percentage who said abortion "should not be permitted at all" climbed from 14% to 17%.
But perhaps the most discouraging news for the center - - which was actually highlighted in the report - - was that 34% said abortion "should be against the law except in case of rape, incest, and to save the woman's life." This is significant both for the ...
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