Polls within Texas also show that state voters disagree with its burdensome abortion restrictions.

By Chris Walker , TRUTHOUT
December 20, 2023

A new poll shows that the vast majority of Americans, including Republican-leaning voters, disapprove of the state of Texas’s decision to deny an abortion to a woman whose fetus was unviable and who could have lost the ability to become pregnant again if she didn’t obtain the procedure.

Kate Cox, who was denied an abortion by the Texas state Supreme Court, had to flee the state and obtain the procedure elsewhere after her fetus was diagnosed with Trisomy 18, a fatal condition for fetuses that results in either a miscarriage or the birth of a child who dies within hours.

Continued: https://truthout.org/articles/poll-shows-most-americans-disapprove-of-texas-denying-kate-cox-an-abortion/

20.12.2023

As Ohio votes on abortion rights in Issue 1, CBS News poll finds widespread concerns among Americans about reproductive care access

BY JENNIFER DE PINTO
NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As Ohioans cast their votes Tuesday on Issue 1, a ballot measure on abortion access, there is widespread public concern, particularly among women, about the potential impact of new abortion restrictions imposed in some states.

A majority nationwide are concerned about pregnant women being more at risk and maternity care centers closing in states that have passed new restrictions. Many are worried that doctors will leave states that have more restrictive laws.

Continued: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-abortion-access-ohio-issue-1-reproductive-care-2023-11-07/

07.11.2023

USA – Support for abortion rights has grown in spite of bans and restrictions, poll shows

Apr 26, 2023

Support for abortion rights overall has increased as state legislatures and courtrooms have instituted a growing number of restrictions and bans, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Sixty-one percent of U.S. adults say they support abortion rights, marking a 6-percentage point increase since last June.

Nearly a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, U.S. opinions about that consequential decision remain largely unchanged in this latest poll. A majority of U.S. adults – 59 percent – still say they oppose the justices’ decision, which removed federal protections for many reproductive health care services, while another 40 percent of Americans agree with the nation’s highest court.

Continued: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/support-for-abortion-rights-has-grown-in-spite-of-bans-and-restrictions-poll-shows

26.04.2023

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USA – Abortion was a 50/50 issue. Now, it’s Republican quicksand.

Six in 10 voters support legal abortion in most cases. Just over a third want it to be entirely or mostly illegal.

By STEVEN SHEPARD
April 8, 2023

Conservatives are finding out the hard way that abortion isn’t a 50-50 issue anymore.

Janet Protasiewicz’s 11-point blowout victory this week for a state Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin was just the latest example of voters who support abortion rights outnumbering — and outvoting — their opponents. There was little polling in Tuesday’s race, but in a 2022 midterm exit poll of the state, a combined 63 percent of Wisconsin voters said abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while only 34 percent thought it should be illegal in all or most cases.

Continued: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/08/republican-party-abortion-trap-00091088

08.04.2023

Abortion Attitudes in a Post-Roe World: Findings From the 50-State 2022 American Values Atlas

PRRI Staff
02.23.2023

In late June 2022, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson overturned Roe v. Wade, reversing nearly five decades of precedent that had established a national right to abortion access. Republican-majority legislatures in several states had been chipping away at abortion rights for the past several years through increasingly strict regulations, but the Dobbs decision suddenly changed the policy landscape regarding reproductive rights, catapulting abortion to the forefront of American politics.

The immediate impact of repealing Roe v. Wade was that control over abortion law reverted to the states. Some states had “trigger laws” in place to immediately impose abortion restrictions in the event that Roe was overturned, while others had protections in place to keep abortion policy as it was under Roe. In other states, lawmakers went to work crafting legislation in response to Dobbs.

Continued: https://www.prri.org/research/abortion-attitudes-in-a-post-roe-world-findings-from-the-50-state-2022-american-values-atlas/

23.02.2023

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The Public, Including Women of Childbearing Age, Are Largely Confused About the Legality of Medication Abortion and Emergency Contraceptives in Their States

Feb 1, 2023
Even in States Where Abortion is Legal, Many are Uncertain about Legality of Medication Abortion

More than six months since the Supreme Court issued their Dobbs decision which overturned Roe v. Wade, there is widespread public confusion about the medication abortion pill and whether it is legal at the state level, according to the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll. The poll also finds many are unsure about the legality of emergency contraceptive pills, sometimes called morning after pills or “Plan B,” and whether the pills can end a pregnancy.

Across the country at least four in ten U.S. adults say they are “not sure” whether mifepristone, the medication abortion drug, is legal where they live. Half of women (49%) are “unsure” about whether medication abortion is legal in the state they live in, including 41% of women ages 18-49.

Continued: https://connect.kff.org/the-public-including-women-of-childbearing-age-are-largely-confused-about-the-legality-of-medication-abortion-and-emergency-contraceptives-in-their-states

01.02.2023

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Canada – Abortion or carry to term? Most women say they made the right decision, poll suggests

By Sean Boynton Global News
Posted November 22, 2022

A large majority of Canadian women who have experienced an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy agree they made the right decision whether they chose to get an abortion or carry that pregnancy to term, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

The Angus Reid Institute poll also suggests while three in 10 women in Canada have personally experienced an unwanted pregnancy, another 40 per cent said they are close with someone who has had an abortion, and 20 per cent had a close friend or family member who carried that pregnancy to term. Continued: https://globalnews.ca/news/9296222/abortion-canada-women-choice-poll/

22.11.2022

Record support for abortion up to 12 weeks in Poland, finds poll

NOV 16, 2022

Support among the Polish public for allowing access to abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy has risen to 70%, the highest level ever recorded by pollster Ipsos.

The findings continue a trend that has seen support for abortion rights increase after the October 2020 constitutional court ruling that introduced a near-total ban on abortion, which is now only allowed if the pregnancy threatens the mother’s life or health or if it results from a crime such as rape.

Continued: https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/11/16/record-support-for-abortion-up-to-12-weeks-in-poland-finds-poll/

16.11.2022

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Canada – Survey finds support for status quo on abortion access, but programs warn about challenges

Thia James
Oct 13, 2022

The latest Taking the Pulse survey in Saskatchewan found 32.7 per cent of respondents believe abortion access is “good the way it is,” while 27.8 per cent believe it should be easier to access. Another seven per cent said they believe abortions are “too easily accessed” and 11.8 per cent said they believe there should be no abortions.

Saskatoon Sexual Health executive director Caitlin Cottrell is open about the barriers she faced in the past when she had to get a medically necessary pharmacological abortion due to an anembryonic pregnancy, where a fertilized egg implants but no embryo develops.

Continued: https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/taking-the-pulse-survey-finds-support-for-status-quo-on-abortion-access-but-programs-warn-about-challenges

Why Democrats should ignore history and rally Latinos to vote for abortion rights

Second- and third-generation Latino Americans are far more supportive of abortion rights than Latino immigrants.

Aug. 23, 2022
By Julio Ricardo Varela, MSNBC Opinion Columnist

Before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this summer, polls historically showed that Latinos in the United States were generally opposed to abortion.

In 2019, for example, a Public Religion Research Institute survey noted that just 45% of U.S. Latinos favored the legalization of abortion in almost all cases. That same survey concluded that “Hispanics are the ethnic group with the most complex and least supportive views on the legality of abortion,” adding that “Hispanics (23%) are more likely than the general population (15%) to think abortion should be illegal in all cases and less likely (19%) than all Americans (23%) to think it should be legal in all cases.”

Continued: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/democrats-need-ignore-history-rally-latinos-vote-abortion-rights-n1298155

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