Mississippi Becomes 20th State Showing Pro-Life Republican Majority on Abortion

State   |   Steven Ertelt   |   Mar 12, 2008   |   9:00AM   |   WASHINGTON, DC

Mississippi Becomes 20th State Showing Pro-Life Republican Majority on Abortion

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by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
March 12
, 2008

Jackson, MS (LifeNews.com) — Mississippi became the twentieth state out of twenty-five to show that a majority of Republican voters take a strongly pro-life view on abortion. While some other states have closer margins, there was no contest among voters in Tuesday night’s primary as almost three-fourths said they oppose all or most abortions.

Some 613 Republican voters took part in the exit polls following the Mississippi primary vote, according to CNN’s figures.

Some 72 percent of Republicans said they think abortions should be illegal while just 24 percent said they should be legal.

Breaking down those numbers further, 30 percent say that all abortions should be prohibited while another 42 percent say most abortions shouldn’t be allowed.

Just 18 percent say most abortions should be legal and only 6 percent of Mississippi Republicans share the view of Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton that all abortions should remain legal.

Though he has dropped out of the race, Mike Huckabee continued to show best among pro-life voters and he took home 21 percent of the vote among pro-life voters who want all abortions illegal. he received just 10 percent among pro-life voters who want most abortions prohibited.

Recently, 69 percent of Texas Republicans and 70 percent of Ohio Republicans indicated they took pro-life positions opposing most or all abortions.

As a result of the exit polling data throughout the primary election season, just a handful of the 25 states where the data exists have seen a majority of Republican voters backing abortion. Even then, no state has seen more than 56 percent of Republicans backing abortions as is the case in Massachusetts.

Exit Polling Shows Most States With
Pro-Life Republican Majorities

State Pro-Life v. Pro-Abortion Always Illegal Mostly Illegal Mostly Legal Always Legal Alabama 76-20% 32% 44% 15% 5% Arizona 58-37% 17% 42% 25% 13% Arkansas 80-18% 37% 43% 13% 6% California 54-42% 19% 35% 28% 14% Connecticut 46-50% 13% 33% 30% 20% Florida 54-44% 18% 35% 30% 14% Georgia 64-33% 25% 39% 24% 9% Illinois 64-33% 26% 38% 23% 10% Iowa 74-23% 25% 49% 16% 7% Louisiana 75-22% 38% 37% 15% 7% Maryland 56-42% 17% 39% 28% 14% Massachusetts 41-56% 13% 28% 37% 19% Mississippi 72-24% 30% 42% 18% 6% Missouri 74-23% 32% 43% 18% 6% New Hampshire 45-52% 15% 30% 32% 20% New Jersey 46-53% 16% 29% 34% 19% New York 48-49% 14% 34% 28% 21% Ohio 70-28% 27% 43% 22% 6% Oklahoma 76-22% 27% 49% 17% 6% South Carolina 71-28% 28% 43% 19% 9% Tennessee 75-22% 33% 42% 15% 7% Texas 68-29% 25% 44% 22% 7% Utah 85-13% 10% 75% 10% 3% Virginia 63-34% 25% 38% 25% 9% Wisconsin 74-25% 27% 47% 16% 9%