CNN Poll: 61% Of Americans Oppose Tax-Funded Abortion, 63% Oppose Most Or All Abortions
Bad news for Democrats who are thinking they’ll just rip the pro-life amendment that was key to the health care bill’s passing in the House out of the bill.
As Congress remains embroiled in a massive debate over whether to force Americans to pay for abortions through the new government-run health care programs, a new CNN poll finds 61 percent oppose government funding abortions with public dollars.
The poll found six in ten Americans favor a ban on using federal funds for abortions, such as the Stupak amendment recently added to the health care bill in the House.
The new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released today shows 61 percent oppose taxpayer funding of abortions while just 37 percent are supportive.
The CNN poll goes further and finds that a majority of Americans, by a 51 to 45 percent margin, believe women should be required to use their own money to pay for abortions even if they have private health insurance and no government money is involved. They did not think health insurance should pay for abortions.
The question is, do the Democrats even care what the public thinks at this point?
Personally, I think the Democrats are looking to slam this thing through by any means necessary. If it means they’ll lose the next election, so be it. Once in place this health care bill, much like most of the taxes and entitlement programs the government creates, would never go away.
I think the Democrats would be more than happy to sit on the bench for a while in exchange for getting this thing passed.
