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Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has proposed asking voters whether they are in favor of allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.”

What a dumbass.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You made that number up. I read the entire article, and not only does it not say that anywhere (and in fact, 64% isn't a figure used for any metric), it says 49% support some form of restriction versus 47% who want expansive abortion rights.

The problem is "some form of restriction" is a terrible metric to categorize people. Does that mean FDA regulating mifepristone? Because 63% support having at least prescription access to it. Does it mean having better laws? Because 61% think the overturning of Dobbs was a bad decision. Does it mean preventing first trimester abortions? Because 69% support abortion access in the first trimester.

I don't know where you got "64% support some form of restriction" from, but it certainly wasn't your source.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

My friend, are you illiterate? From the article:

51% say it should be legal “only under certain circumstances,” and 13% say it should be illegal in all circumstances.

Now add them and tell me what you get…

The 47% and 49% figures that you’re reading are made from a subdivision of that 51% “certain circumstances” category. Like, it says that right above those figures. To that end, that 47% doesn't mean no abortion restrictions -- it means "legal in all or most cases."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.