Those who support abortion rights say Maryland needs to further strengthen its protections in the face of the threat to the procedure elsewhere in the country. Those who oppose the procedure see an opening to begin chipping away at what they view as the state’s overly lenient laws and practices regarding abortion.
Activists on both sides of the abortion issue see the overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year as the creation of a new political landscape, one that requires either increased protections or reinforced restrictions.
On Thursday morning, Jason Lange for his write-up on the Reuters/Ipsos poll went with the abortion question, claiming "Americans prefer Democrats' position on abortion to Republicans'" Such a result is
Ninety-three percent of millennial-aged Americans do not subscribe to the official Democratic Party platform on abortion, according to a newly released survey by a pro-life student group.
Almost three dozen Christian and Catholic institutions of higher learning decided to cut ties with Planned Parenthood after being challenged by a student pro-life group to do so. But almost 70 such schools have yet to respond – prompting Students for Life of America to turn up the heat a bit.