I have a new poll question up:

The fate of at least 3 abortion clinics that are the sole providers in their state hangs in the balance. Will we finally see an abortion-free state in 2013?

Those states are Alabama, Mississippi, and North Dakota.

What do you think?

Our last poll question was:

My new poll question comes via Priests for Life:

Are you willing to commit acts of civil disobedience in response to unjust laws?

We already know the Obama administration is trying to force those opposed to abortion based on their religious beliefs to buckle and fund it. The Christian owners of Hobby Lobby have already answered the poll question in the affirmative. Where do you stand?

Last week’s question was:

UPDATE 1/14 8:20a: The poll is now closed. Your favorite cartoon was Glenn McCoy’s (54%) and 2nd fav was Lisa Benson’s (21%). Interesting, and thanks for participating!

1/13, 10:02a: Here were my top five favorite political cartoons this past week. Note: I’ve added a new poll feature at the end. Vote for your favorite!

by Lisa Benson at Townhall.com…

 by Glenn Foden at Townhall.com…

Pro-lifers have always disdained the term “pro-choice,” because it is intentionally ambiguous. It lets abortion supporters off the hook.

Now, apparently even “pro-choice” has become radioactive.

On January 9, with carefully controlled fanfare (no press release, hand-picked reporters), Planned Parenthood announced it was abandoning the term “pro-choice.” From Buzz Feed:

I have a new poll question up: There is growing sentiment the term “pro-life” has become corrupted & absconded by the other side. Should we start using “anti-abortion”? This is in line with the success of other “anti” campaigns, such as anti-drunk driving, anti-smoking, anti-meat, anti-fur, anti-slavery, etc. Vote on the lower right side of […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• For some reason the editorial board of the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel thinks a poll showing the public favors more restrictions on abortion is a good argument against adding more restrictions to abortion:
  

  Public polling shows that most people in the U.S. favor the idea of legal abortion. A CBS News/New York Times poll in September is typical. It found that 42% thought abortion should be “generally available,” while 35% said “available under stricter limits” and 20% said “not permitted.”

Rasmussen released a new poll on November 14 indicating that 54% of likely voters now consider themselves pro-choice, while only 38% say they are pro-life.

In the aftermath of the election I told friends to expect a bump in abortion support.

I’m not saying I believe the pendulum has swung the other way by 15 points since the May Gallup poll.

But of course the dial has moved, given the fact Obama and Democrats made such a huge pitch for abortion, and given the fact they embedded themselves, pardon the pun, as the champions of free contraception.

I have a new poll question up, in keeping with the latest flak over abortion:

Who will win the presidency on Election Day?

Vote on the lower right side of the home page.

The last poll was interesting. I separated out responses so pro-life thinking on the rape/incest question wouldn’t be skewed.

The overwhelming majority of pro-lifers, at least visiting this blog, believe there should be no rape/incest exception.

This election season has only brought that question more to the fore. One surprise has been learning how woefully inept many of our pro-life politicians are at responding to a basic question they should have anticipated and had in their talking points handbag.

While I appreciate their stance, the other half of holding this belief is articulating it well, so as to fend off unnecessary attacks and also persuade the masses. This is obviously an issue for pro-lifer leaders to return to after the election.