More Americans Becoming Pr-Lifers

ONE NEWS NOW---A new Gallup poll shows more and more Americans identifying as pro-life.

Exactly 50 percent express pro-life beliefs, while the number claiming to be pro-abortion has dropped to 41 percent -- a record since Gallup began sampling public opinion on the issue in 1995.

"It's the first time I believe since Roe v. Wade that we've seen that kind of spread -- and it's something that we can be deeply grateful for," says Rob Schwarzwalder of the Family Research Council.
 Marilyn Musgrave, vice president of government affairs for the Susan B. Anthony List, says Americans now understand the definition of pro-choice.

"It means pro-abortion -- taking the life of an innocent, unborn child," she states. "And ... despite what the pundits said when Roe v. Wade was the Supreme Court decision that was the law of the land, Americans are uncomfortable with abortion."

Schwarzwalder offers his theories as to why more people are pro-life.

"I think as people understand more and more about what takes place within the womb, particularly younger people, they understand that what we're dealing with is not just a collection of cells and tissue and so forth," he offers. "And I also think the ultrasounds that we now have are so sharp and crisp that you cannot deny [that] that's a person."

According to Musgrave, pro-life is now the new normal.

"Just wait until we keep educating people about Planned Parenthood being the largest abortion-provider in the country, [being] a profit-driven, abortion-centered business -- and just tell Americans what that wonderful word 'choice' really means," says the pro-life spokeswoman. "You'll see more people becoming pro-life."
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