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A majority of Americans remain opposed to almost all abortions despite the mainstream media’s insistence on a pro-choice bias.

That’s the thrust of an opinion piece by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat written amid the controversy over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation’s decision — later rescinded — to defund Planned Parenthood.

In a column headlined “The Media’s Abortion Blinders,” Douthat points out that in a recent poll, 58 percent of Americans stated that abortion should either be “illegal in all circumstances” or “legal in only a few circumstances.”

He also states that the first Gallup poll to show a pro-life majority was conducted back in May 2009.

“But if you followed the media frenzy” surrounding the Komen foundation’s move, “you would think all these millions of anti-abortion pro-life Americans simply do not exist,” Douthat writes.

“Conservative complaints about media bias are sometimes overdrawn. But on the abortion issue, the press’s prejudices are often absolute, its biases blatant and its blinders impenetrable.

“Millions of Americans — including, yes, millions of American women — do oppose Planned Parenthood. They oppose the 300,000-plus abortions [very low number] it performs every year, and they oppose its tireless opposition to even modest limits on abortion.”

Douthat notes that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged $250,000 to Planned Parenthood following the Komen foundation’s decision to defund — which it has now rescinded.

“That’s obviously his right,” Douthat observes. “But reporters have different obligations. Even if some forms of partiality are inevitable, journalists betray their calling when they simply ignore self-evident truths about a story.”