Lies, Damn Lies, and the Associated Press

You've heard the AP company line:

People decisively favor letting their public schools provide birth control to students, but they also voice misgivings that divide them along generational, income and racial lines, a poll showed.
Sixty-seven percent support giving contraceptives to students, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.

About as many — 62 percent — said they believe providing birth control reduces the number of teenage pregnancies

Uh-huh.

So here are some ACTUAL poll results from that very poll AP celebrates (heavy lifting from Sweetness and Light blog):

Q: Which would you prefer for the public schools in your community:

Provide birth control only to the students who have the consent of their parents: 37%
Provide birth control to all students who want it: 30%
Not provide to any student: 30%

So 67% of the respondents would NOT provide 'the Pill' or provide it ONLY if PARENTS consented.

Hmmmmmm.

Now here's an interesting co-incidence:

Q: Are you a parent of a school-age child, or not?

Yes: 37%
No: 63%

Well, well, well. By the way, the poll over-sampled Democrats, too.

HT: Malkin