The chairman of Angus Reid Consultants, based in Vancouver, Canada, states the company’s mission is “dedicated to understanding public opinion and consumer attitudes in North America and around the world.”
I would suggest the company work a little harder on understanding before proclaiming what we think.
On Saturday, AR released a rambling report entitled, “Americans Remain Split Over Abortion.” Its first paragraph stated:

The topic of pregnancy termination remains very divisive in the United States, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 52 per cent of respondents describe themselves as Pro-Choice, while 41 per cent say they are Pro-Life.

That was the end of AR’s take of how America feels about abortion. But an analyzation of the Rasmussen poll itself tells a different story, indicating that in reality we are not “divisive” about abortion but really “schizophrenic”:

Fifty-two percent (52%) of voters say they are pro-choice while 41% are pro-life….
Fifty-two percent (52%) of voters say that abortion is morally wrong most of the time. Thirty-six percent (36%) disagree.
Fifty-three percent (53%) believe it is too easy to get an abortion in America. Just 18% believe it is too hard, while 22% say “about right.” Among pro-choice voters, 27% say too easy, 31% too hard, and 33% about right.

So, in reality, the majority of Americans think abortion is wrong and should be made more difficult to commit.
Other BIG NEWS in the Rasmussen poll that ties in to the Supreme Court debate:

Thirty-two percent (32%) say that overturning Roe vs. Wade would make abortion illegal. Forty-seven percent (47%) say it would be up to individual states to set their own laws.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of American voters say it would be best for the Supreme Court to establish rules governing abortion. Fort-seven percent (47%) would prefer rules established by the state legislatures.

So, according to this poll, only one-third of voters still buy the lie that overturning Roe v. Wade would make abortion illegal, and more Americans than not wouldn’t mind if Roe v. Wade were overturned and the abortion decision returned to the states.

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