September 29, 2021
In this week's Second Reading Podcast, Jim Henson and Josh Blank ponder a question hovering over the transition from the legislative session to the 2022 election in Texas: how far to the right is too far for the Texas GOP?
September 28, 2021
The reasons for the Texas GOP’s leap forward on abortion restirctions after a decade of chipping away at access are likely many, and worthy of their own piece of analysis, but looking ahead to the next set of Texas elections in 2022, the sudden change in the reproductive health landscape begs the question: where do Texas voters stand on abortion?
August 25, 2021
If the repeated results on proposals like banning abortion after 6-weeks suggest a high tolerance for regulating abortion, voluminous and long-standing results are even more clear in illustrating that a majority of Texans do not want to ban abortion outright.
August 6, 2021
The uncertain date of the return of the renegade House Democrats to Austin make the fate of this agenda unclear at the moment, but we do have a lot of polling data to give us a sense of public opinion on most, though not all, of the agenda proffered by the Governor.
Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the legislative session, do you approve or disapprove of how state leaders and the Legislature have handled each of the following in Texas? Abortion policy"
Respondents were asked, "Below are some proposals that the Texas Legislature debated this year. Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following: Making abortion illegal after 6 weeks of pregnancy except in the case of a medical emergency."
Respondents were asked, "Below are some proposals that the Texas Legislature debated this year. Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following: Automatically banning all abortions in Texas if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade."
Respondents were asked, "Do you think that laws restricting abortion here in Texas should be made more strict, less strict, or left as they are now?"
Respondents were asked, "Below are some proposals being considered in the Texas Legislature this year. Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws: Making abortion illegal after 6 weeks of pregnancy except in the case of a medical emergency."
Respondents were asked, "Below are some proposals being considered in the Texas Legislature this year. Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following proposals for new laws: Allowing any individual in Texas the right to sue an abortion provider they believe has violated state law."
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