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Obama Celebrates Roe vs. Wade Decision, 54 Million Abortions

by Steven Ertelt
1/22/12

President Barack Obama, today, release a statement celebrating the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision that allowed for 54 million abortions. The decision, handed down on January 22, 1973, overturned pro-life laws offering protection for unborn children in most states across the country, and made abortions legal and virtually unlimited.

The statement Obama released says:

As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this Supreme Court decision not only protects a woman’s health and reproductive freedom, but also affirms a broader principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters.  I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose and this fundamental constitutional right.  While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue- no matter what our views, we must stay united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant woman and mothers, reduce the need for abortion, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption.  And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.

For most Americans, the day the Supreme Court handed down its decision was a day to mourn — a day to mourn the loss of tens of millions of unborn children — sons and daughters, brothers and sisters lost to a world that values choice over compassion. It was a day to mourn the damage abortion does to women — the medical problems, the mental health issues, the damaging of relationships with friends and family, and the destruction of relationships with God.

It was a day to mourn the culture of death abortion has brought to our nation and our world. A culture that believes death is a solution for those who are considered too old or too ill. A culture that believes human life is a commodity to be created and manipulated.

Last May, Gallup released the results of a new poll confirming, for the third time in the last year, that more Americans call themselves pro-life than “pro-choice” on abortion.  The consistency of the new polling data showing more Americans pro-life than supporting abortion is enough to make Gallup call this the “new normal” in the United States.  In 1996, 56 percent of Americans said they were “pro-choice” while 33 percent of Americans said they were “pro-life.” That’s a 23 percent pro-abortion majority.  Now, with 47 percent of Americans saying they are pro-life and 45 percent saying they support abortion — we have a 2 percent pro-life plurality. We’ve swung public opinion 25 percent towards the pro-life side in the last 14 years.

Obama has done everything in his power to advance abortion and continue that pro-abortion legacy of the Supreme Court, including naming two more pro-abortion jurists in Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor. He has also expanded that 54 million abortions by authorizing abortion funding in various instances and decreasing funds for abstinence education.

All in all, the Republican candidates are campaigning to replace Obama as pro-life advocates and would be monumentally better than pro-abortion President Barack Obama. No matter which GOP hopeful you support, they all would very likely implement a host of pro-life policies, appoint pro-life people to key administrative and court positions, and give unborn children the hope they don’t enjoy currently when it comes to any chance of gaining legal protection from abortion.

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/01/22/obama-celebrates-roe-vs-wade-decision-54-million-abortions/

[notoc]

Now, with 47 percent of Americans saying they are pro-life and 45 percent saying they support abortion — we have a 2 percent pro-life plurality.

Errr no.

Gallup's 2010 poll can be used to show a split of 47% 'life' / 45% 'choice.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/128036/new-normal-abortion-americans-pro-life.aspx

"Last May", Gallup's 2011 poll can be used to show a split of 45% 'life' / 49% 'choice.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/147734/americans-split-along-pro-choice-pro-life-lines.aspx

For most Americans, the day the Supreme Court handed down its decision was a day to mourn

Not according to Gallup's polling.

[Pepsi]

54 million less births since 1973 (38 years) than we would have had?   That is an incredible statistic.   I don't think the planet can sustain the amount of people it has now;   I think we have a serious over-population problem.    If the pro-life/ anti-abortion folks want to do away with safe and legal abortion they better have a hell of a good replacement with birth control, sexual education, etc.

[Pepsi]

btw mornac.. "aroused".. strange choice of words 

[johnhp]

54 million less births since 1973 (38 years) than we would have had?   That is an incredible statistic.   I don't think the planet can sustain the amount of people it has now;   I think we have a serious over-population problem.    If the pro-life/ anti-abortion folks want to do away with safe and legal abortion they better have a hell of a good replacement with birth control, sexual education, etc.

Haven't you heard?  Condoms are pre-emptive murder...

[notoc]

btw mornac.. "aroused".. strange choice of words 

Just another one of Mornac's personal colloquialisms?

[Pepsi]

If we extrapolate that out globally, at 7 billion people that'd be an extra 1.2 Billion people in the last 38 years.. add another China to the earth in just 38 years.   Amazing statistics.

According to wiki, there were ~1.2 billion people in 1840.     It took about 195,000 years to reach that level.  

[ivanm]

If we extrapolate that out globally, at 7 billion people that'd be an extra 1.2 Billion people in the last 38 years.. add another China to the earth in just 38 years.   Amazing statistics.

According to wiki, there were ~1.2 billion people in 1840.     It took about 195,000 years to reach that level.  

Is  the rate of growth linear?  I think not.

[DougRich]

The anti-choice crowd has gotten desperate. They now consider, and so categorize, anyone who believes in placing any restrictions whatsoever, however reasonable, on abortion as being "pro-life". That seems to be the only way they can tweak the poll numbers in order to award themselves a majority.

[Pepsi]

Is  the rate of growth linear?  I think not.

definitely not linear.   This is a pretty scary graph imo.

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