The nearly two-thirds of Americans who want Roe v. Wade kept in place say they feel angry and discouraged about the prospect that it may be overturned, describing that as 'a danger to women' and as a threat to rights more generally.
kept in place say they feel angry and discouraged about the prospect that it may be overturned, describing that as "a danger to women" and as a threat to rights more generally. Most Americans, and particularly younger women, think it would also lead to restrictions on birth control and family planning choices. Going forward, most would like to see a federal law passed that protects abortion and in their own states, two-thirds want it to be legal, at least in most cases.
People who support keeping Roe report feeling scared, discouraged and angry upon hearing it could be overturned.Taking a look at the one-third of Americans who do want to see Roe overturned, they would describe that action as protecting the unborn. In contrast to those who see overturning it as a danger to women, most of these Americans instead describe it as a protection for women.
The news of the draft opinion indicating the Supreme Court would overturn Roe has caught many on both sides of the issue by surprise.If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the matter will be left up to the states. So, going forward, people's preferences for their states echo their larger views on abortion: large majorities want it to be legal, even if legalization comes with some restrictions, and very few want it totally outlawed.
And then what ought to happen if illegal abortions do take place in their state? On that, abortion opponents — those who say they want it to be illegal in all or most cases in their state — show majorities willing to see criminal penalties against women and abortion providers. By contrast, support for these ideas does not rise to more than half among Americans overall.Americans see potentially disparate impacts by income and race.
Political partisanship and ideology have long divided views on abortion and Roe. Conservative women and Republican women stand apart from women overall in wanting the ruling overturned and in preferring abortion be illegal in their state.
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