The relentless push by those in favour of abortion continues with another pro abortion article this week. Yet another journalist in support of the liberalisation of abortion laws in Queensland, Adele Horin ('Right to choose abortion wins strong support', Brisbanetimes.com.au, October 4, 2009) writes that "57 percent of Australians support a women's right to obtain an abortion readily when they want one", that "one-third supports abortion 'in special circumstances', and only 4 per cent opposes abortion outright".
To gain a more accurate account of the study undertaken, it would be necesaary to know the questions posed. For example, for the "one third", what constitutes "special circumstances"? Rape? Incest? Disability? Such "special circumstances" account for relatively very few abortions.
Ms Horin states that "Queenslanders in particular, hold liberal views on abortion, yet politicians' fear of small religious minorities appears to have stymied decriminalisation of the procedure in some states, a study shows" and that "the findings, from the Australian Election Study, are based on polling 1873 electors at the 2007 federal election".
Allan Carman ('Have your say', Cathnews, October 5, 2009) responded by asking "Where do they get these results? How many people were surveyed and from what demographic?" He stated that "as usual, a story using skewed results from a secular media source".
Mr. Carmans comment is supported by the failure of the media to publish the results of a recent online poll in the Courier Mail in Brisbane asking whether Queensland abortion laws should be changed. Almost 10 000 people responded (ten times the number of respondents in the 2007 Australian election study). Of these 10,000 respondents, 71% opposed changes to abortion laws in Queensland.
It is time for the public to begin to question the reliability of media sources and their motivation for the distortion or omission of relevant information regarding abortion.
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