Apparently, many Americans do not know what Roe v Wade actually did. I just read an article posted on the Right to Life of Michigan Blog discussing the results of a July 2011 National Gallup Poll showing:

• 87 percent of respondents favored laws requiring doctors to tell women about the possible risks of abortion
• 71 percent favored parental consent laws
• 69 percent favored a 24‑hour waiting period before an abortion
• 64 percent favored a ban on partial birth abortion
• 50 percent favored a law requiring women seeking abortions to be shown an image of their ultrasound
• 71 percent thought abortion should be illegal in the second three months of pregnancy
• 90 percent favored making abortion illegal in the third trimester

Yet a 2010 CBS News poll found that 58 percent of Americans thought Roe v. Wade was a good decision. So how can so many Americans favor a policies which can’t happen because of a ruling 58 percent of Americans think was good? The answer is Americans don’t know Roe. A great follow-up to the question of whether they thought Roe was a good ruling would have been: “What did Roe v. Wade do, exactly?” A high number of responses would start with “Ummm…” and end with “I don’t know.”

Do you know Roe, or any of the other legislation on this important topic?  Are you informed and have you actually educated yourself? Can you defend your position on the facts? On the science? On the evidence?  Lives are at stake. What are you waiting for? Join me at lifeminded.org and learn how to articulate the pro-life position in a knowledgeable, respectful and persuasive way.

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