Approve/Disapprove of laws designed to: Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal (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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal."
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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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." 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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  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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." 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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  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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." 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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  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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." 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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  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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." 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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  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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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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...Prevent women from accessing abortion in states where abortion is still legal." Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.