Upholding Roe v. Wade Is Supported by Most Americans, WSJ Poll Finds
WASHINGTON—More than two-thirds of Americans want to uphold Roe v. Wade, and most favor women having access to legal abortion for any reason, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll that shows a four-decade evolution in the country’s viewpoints regarding the procedure. The findings are from a Journal poll conducted with NORC at the University of Chicago, a nonpartisan research organization that measures social attitudes. The poll was taken after the leak of a draft opinion that suggests the Supreme Court might be preparing to overturn the 1973 decision that established the constitutional right to an abortion.
In the survey, 68% of respondents said they wouldn’t like to see the court completely overturn Roe, while 30% said they support that move. The survey shows Americans have more-mixed feelings about restricting abortion access based on the length of the pregnancy. On banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, 34% of respondents were in support, 43% were in opposition and 21% said they neither supported nor opposed such a move. The numbers were similar for a ban after six weeks, with 30% of respondents in favor, 49% opposed and 19% with no view. A Journal poll in March found plurality support for a 15-week ban.
Some 57% of respondents said a woman should be able to obtain a legal abortion if she wants it for any reason, the highest share since NORC began asking the question every few years starting in 1977. The share opposed to a woman having an abortion simply because she wants one, 41%, was the lowest on record. The poll’s 4 percentage point margin of error means that, while those results have changed significantly over time, they might not be statistically different from last year’s findings.
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Americans seem to have little confidence in their state leaders, who might determine abortion access around the country going forward. Asked who should be responsible for abortion law, 44% said the Supreme Court; 20%, state legislatures and governors; 17%, Congress; and 15%, state courts. They also held some concerns about the high court, with 66% saying Supreme Court decisions were based more on the members’ political views, compared with 33% who said their rulings were based on the Constitution and the law. Positive views of the court have declined in recent years, according to past Journal polls conducted with NBC News.
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In the survey, Republicans were more likely to favor state abortion restrictions at six or 15 weeks than Democrats, and rural Americans were more likely to support a ban at six or 15 weeks than those who live in urban areas. Those older than 45 were twice as likely to back a 15-week ban as those between ages 18 and 29.
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Democrats need to prepare to bus Voters to our upcoming elections. If we don't get enough Citizens to vote for Democrats then the women in this country will lose their rights to choices.The problem will be getting them to vote. This is because many states on the local level rarely remind voters of upcoming elections if it is a Republican state. Example: my state is Tennessee. I never hear a word from any Democrat party about anything on a local level. I have been forced to dig for all political Democrat functions. I have sent the Democratic Party in my state emails. I have been ignored. I have signed up for emails for our local Democrats. I receive an email maybe every 3 months. This is totally infuriating.This needs to change.No wonder Democrats can't flip Republican states. The local Democrats in Tennessee are not working with Voters. At our Democrat TN website, no urgency or talk about Roe vs Wade. This is not acceptable.
