Approval of Texas enacting policies designed to... (August 2022)

Approval of Texas enacting policies designed to... (August 2022)

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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... "
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Expand legal access to abortion services50%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses29%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion26%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal26%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail25%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Expand legal access to abortion services78%39%28%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses12%24%44%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion13%19%39%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal13%19%39%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail9%20%38%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Expand legal access to abortion services82%64%82%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses6%19%13%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion5%20%13%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal5%20%13%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail3%16%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Expand legal access to abortion services26%40%22%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses30%35%55%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion29%30%49%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal29%30%49%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail24%28%48%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Expand legal access to abortion services82%50%26%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses14%21%43%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion14%19%39%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal14%19%39%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail14%18%38%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Expand legal access to abortion services76%83%87%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses15%15%12%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion18%14%12%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal18%14%12%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail10%15%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Expand legal access to abortion services48%19%17%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses24%44%58%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion19%41%51%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal19%41%51%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail18%40%51%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Expand legal access to abortion services44%62%55%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses31%24%25%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion27%26%24%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal27%26%24%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail29%19%21%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Expand legal access to abortion services45%54%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses31%26%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion30%22%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal30%22%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail27%24%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Expand legal access to abortion services60%47%37%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses31%26%35%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion30%22%31%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal30%22%31%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail28%20%33%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Expand legal access to abortion services53%51%49%46%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses32%32%27%27%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion30%29%24%23%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal30%29%24%23%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail29%29%23%21%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Expand legal access to abortion services57%49%48%41%50%56%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses29%33%23%24%30%31%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion14%33%22%26%28%18%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal14%33%22%26%28%18%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail13%29%21%27%25%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Expand legal access to abortion services35%46%57%78%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses42%29%20%10%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion39%25%16%8%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal39%25%16%8%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail39%23%15%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "As you may know, Texas law now only allows abortion to save the life of a pregnant women or to prevent “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Would you approve or disapprove of Texas enacting policies designed to... " Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Expand legal access to abortion services35%44%75%35%
Penalize companies that pay for abortion related travel expenses49%29%12%13%
Dedicate more state resources to enforcing the state’s ban on abortion48%23%12%20%
Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal48%23%12%20%
Prevent women from receiving medicated abortion pills through the mail43%24%10%12%

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