Moonie paper sez "Ban on abortions trails in new poll"

By Cheryl Wetzstein
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A South Dakota ballot measure to ban almost all abortions in the state is likely to fail by a wide margin, a new poll says.

Fifty-two percent of 800 likely voters said they would vote "no" next week on a law banning all abortions except to save the life of a mother, according to the poll, conducted for the Argus Leader newspaper in Sioux Falls, S.D.

An additional 42 percent of voters said they would vote "yes" for the ban, and 6 percent were undecided, according to the survey, which had a margin of error of 3.5 percent and was released in the newspaper's Sunday edition.

The poll shows that "voters are seeing through the campaign of misinformation and lies" from the ban's supporters, said Jan Nicolay, co-chairwoman of South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families. "There is a growing consensus that we should keep all options open for women whose health is in jeopardy and for victims of rape and incest."

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