This week, Democrat state Sen. Eva Burch in Arizona announced that she would have an abortion to end the life of her unborn child.
Burch claimed that her reason for getting an abortion is because the pregnancy is not viable. In her remarks, she said that she had an abortion for the same reason previously.
“Two years ago, while i was campaigning for this Senate seat, I became pregnant with what we later determined was a non-viable pregnancy…but now, I wish I could tell you otherwise, but after numerous ultrasounds and blood draws, we have determined that my pregnancy is once again not progressing and is not viable. And, once again, I have scheduled an appointment to terminate my pregnancy,” she said, avoiding the words “abortion,” “child,” or even “fetus.”
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, lawmakers like Burch have been pushing an extreme pro-abortion agenda. A new poll published this week claims that one particular group of voters supports abortion access in nearly all situations.
The poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that nearly eight in 10 Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. An AP-NORC poll conducted last year found that 64 percent of American adults think abortion should be legal in all or most cases (via AP):
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AAPI adults are more likely than Americans overall to identify as Democrats, which may partially explain why their levels of support for legal abortion are higher than among the general population. But even among Democrats, AAPI adults are more supportive of legal abortion later in pregnancy. AAPI Democrats are especially likely to support legal abortion without any limits — more than half of this group say abortion should be legal in all cases, compared to 40% of Democrats overall.
AAPI Republicans are also more likely than Republicans overall to support a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide. More than half (57%) of AAPI Republicans think abortion should be legal in at least some cases, compared to 38% of Republicans in general. About half (51%) of AAPI Republicans also think Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide, while only 32% of Republicans overall want this to happen.
In an interview this week, former President Donald Trump signaled that he would back a national 15-week abortion ban if he wins reelection.
“We’re going to come up with a time — and maybe we could bring the country together on that issue,” Trump said in the interview. “The number of weeks now, people are agreeing on 15. And I’m thinking in terms of that. And it’ll come out to something that’s very reasonable. But people are really, even hard-liners are agreeing, seems to be, 15 weeks seems to be a number that people are agreeing at.”
“Everybody agrees — you’ve heard this for years — all the legal scholars on both sides agree: It’s a state issue. It shouldn’t be a federal issue, it’s a state issue,” he also added.
