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[Rush] Limbaugh credited "militant feminazis" for alleged lack of majority support for abortion rights
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 01, 2005 05:57pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, September 1, 2005 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | On the August 29 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh once again referred to abortion rights advocates as "feminazis," claiming that they have "made every abortion, regardless of cost, mandatory."
After reading from an August 29 Washington Post report on efforts by state legislatures to limit abortion rights, Limbaugh concluded -- questionably -- that "the majority opinion of the country is not pro-choice." Limbaugh then asserted that "[t]he militant feminazis, the militant feminists who have made every abortion, regardless of the cost, mandatory" are responsible for the alleged lack of majority support for abortion rights. "Over the years," Limbaugh claimed, "militant feminazism has backfired on them."
In fact, polling suggests that Limbaugh's conclusion is questionable. While an April 25-26 Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll found that only a plurality of respondents -- 47 percent -- said they were "pro-choice," a July 22-24 Gallup poll (subscription required) found that a slight majority -- 51 percent -- identified themselves as pro-choice. In both polls, 42 percent of respondents said they were "pro-life." Both polls had a margin of error of 3 percent.
Moreover, a May 12-16 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that the majority of respondents -- 55 percent -- said the choice to have an abortion should be left up to a "woman and her doctor." Twenty-nine percent said abortion should be legal only in cases of rape, incest, or a threat to the life of the mother; 14 percent said it should always be illegal. The margin of error was 3.1 percent. Additionally, a Pew Research Center for the People and the Press poll conducted July 13-17 found that "[a] consistent majority of Americans (65%) are opposed to overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing a woman's right to abortion." |
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