Below are the mean ratings from an abortion rights group for the year 2007-2008<\/a>. The number of women in Congress at any given time is small, so the inclusion of two very moderate Republicans such as Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins in the class of Republican women has a large effect, but the contrast with the public<\/a> still seems noteworthy. Both Republican and Democratic women support abortion rights more forcefully.<\/p>\n
| <\/td>\n | National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association Rating <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| All of Congress <\/strong><\/td>\n | 56.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Female<\/strong><\/td>\n | 80.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Male<\/strong><\/td>\n | 51.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Republican<\/strong><\/td>\n | 7.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Democratic<\/strong><\/td>\n | 91.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Republican & Female <\/strong><\/td>\n | 31.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Republican & Male <\/strong><\/td>\n | 4.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Democratic & Female <\/strong><\/td>\n | 99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Democratic & Male <\/strong><\/td>\n | 89.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | The data is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Below are the mean ratings from an abortion rights group for the year 2007-2008. The number of women in Congress at any given time is small, so the inclusion of two very moderate Republicans such as Olympia Snowe and Susan … Continue reading |