Anti-choice Politicians Beware: Large Majority Strongly Opposes Republican Leadership's "Plans"

[PeaceNikki]

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/12/06/antichoice-politicians-beware-large-majority-strongly-opposes-republican-leaderships-plans-women">Anti-choice Politicians Beware: Large Majority Strongly Opposes Republican Leadership's "Plans" for Women

One thing you've heard over and over from politicians on the right in this month after the election is how focused they plan to be on jobs and the economy.

One thing you might not have heard so much about: While the new Republican House leadership has failed to articulate an economic strategy beyond "cut, cut, cut" and "make the rich richer," they have a long list of bills they want to pass to restrict women's health and rights.Voters say: Not so fast.

A survey funded by Planned Parenthood Federation of America and conducted by Hart Research shows that large majorities of voters--including those who voted Republican or Tea Party in the last election--are strongly against proposed attacks on women's health and rights.

The survey was conducted among 802 registered voters between November 5th and 8th, 2010. It measured support for and opposition to the GOP leadership’s policy proposals on women’s health, which come in part from the GOP’s “Pledge to America.” Specifically, the GOP “Pledge to America” calls for “a government-wide prohibition on taxpayer funding of abortion and subsidies for insurance coverage that includes abortion.”

Key findings from the survey included:

* Seventy one (71) percent of voters are against cutting federal funding for preventive health services at Planned Parenthood health centers around the country (including 60 percent of voters who voted for the Republican candidate for Congress in 2010).

* Eighty-Eight (88) percent of voters support comprehensive sex education for teens which includes information and training on abstinence as well as birth control and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. These findings comport with those in earlier surveys.

* Seventy-five (75) percent of voters support policies to reduce unintended pregnancies through greater access to birth control.

* Seventy-seven (77) percent of voters disagree with making abortion illegal, including in cases of rape or incest. Sixty-eight (68) percent of those who voted for the Republican candidate for Congress in 2010 also disagreed.

* Seventy-four (74) percent of voters disagree with making women who choose to purchase private health insurance with their own money pay higher taxes if that includes abortion coverage (including 71 percent of voters who voted for the Republican candidate for Congress in 2010).

“Unlike the new leadership in the House, the vast majority of American voters clearly support taking proactive steps to prevent unintended and teen pregnancy, such as providing real sex education to young people and making birth control affordable and available,” said Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

[Drale]

1. But they will still vote for them

and not only will they vote for them, they will vote for the worse of the worst of them, like Rand Paul.

[Tansy_Gold]

2. And public opinion means nothing to politicians after they're elected

This latest issue of whether or not the American public supports tax cuts for the rich is evidence enough.