Abortion

• Texas views on abortion, the economy, and guns from the February 2024 UT/Texas Politics Project Poll

  February 19, 2024 | By: Jim Henson, Joshua Blank

  Policy questions included in the February 2024 University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll focused mostly on subjects that previous polls and observation of the campaigns have suggested are issues most likely to be salient in the 2024 election campaigns.

• Share in Support of Legal Access to Abortion by Circumstance (February 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion?"

• Share in Support of a Complete Ban on Abortion by Circumstance (February 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion?"

• Should abortion laws be more or less strict (February 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "Do you think that each of the following should be made more strict, less strict, or left as they are now in Texas? Abortion laws."

• How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: The woman’s health is seriously endangered (February 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion? The woman’s health is seriously endangered."

• How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: The woman became pregnant as a result of rape (February 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion? The woman became pregnant as a result of rape."

• How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: The woman became pregnant as a result of incest (February 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion? The woman became pregnant as a result of incest."

• How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: There is a strong chance of a serious birth defect (February 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion? There is a strong chance of a serious birth defect."

• How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: The family has very low income and cannot afford any more children (February 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion? The family has very low income and cannot afford any more children."

• How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: The woman is not married and does not want to marry (February 2024)

  Respondents were asked, "In each of the following circumstances, how much time do you think a woman should have to obtain a legal abortion? The woman is not married and does not want to marry."