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WASHINGTON, May 15: A new Gallup Poll shows that
for the first time in 15 years Americans who identify
themselves as pro life are in the majority.
The poll showed 51 percent of Americans identified
themselves as prolife. That number is up from 44 percent
less than a year ago.
On the other hand, support for abortion is tanking with
only 42 percent of Americans claiming to be "pro
choice," a decrease in 8 percent since last year.
The dramatic turn has been attributed to a backlash
against President Barack Obama's radical abortion
policies and nominations.
"The public debate on Obama's abortion related executive
orders, his appearance at Notre Dame, and his pro
abortion cabinet nominees, including HHS Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius, has helped wake up the American
people to Obama's extremism on abortion," said Operation
Rescue President Troy Newman. "The polling data clearly
shows that Obama is out of step with the majority of
Americans on this most critical moral issue of our time.
“This could have implications on the next appointee to
the U.S. Supreme Court," continued Newman. "Obama will
have to reconsider appointing a fire breathing abortion
supporter that will now face heavy opposition as the
Senate adjusts to its new pro life constituency.”
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