Availability of Abortion (February 2021)
category | Total |
---|---|
Never permitted | 13% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 31% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 12% |
Always permitted | 38% |
Don't know | 6% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 2% | 14% | 21% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 16% | 28% | 47% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 12% | 6% | 14% |
Always permitted | 64% | 43% | 14% |
Don't know | 6% | 10% | 5% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 3% | 0% | 2% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 9% | 22% | 16% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 15% | 14% | 9% |
Always permitted | 68% | 59% | 64% |
Don't know | 4% | 6% | 8% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 18% | 18% | 24% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 43% | 42% | 51% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 14% | 19% | 12% |
Always permitted | 22% | 17% | 7% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 6% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 4% | 6% | 23% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 12% | 28% | 47% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 10% | 12% | 14% |
Always permitted | 70% | 43% | 12% |
Don't know | 3% | 10% | 6% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 1% | 3% | 8% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 15% | 12% | 9% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 28% | 4% | 0% |
Always permitted | 51% | 77% | 80% |
Don't know | 5% | 3% | 3% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 8% | 14% | 39% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 33% | 53% | 46% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 10% | 20% | 8% |
Always permitted | 33% | 11% | 3% |
Don't know | 16% | 2% | 4% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 33% | 19% | 36% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 11% | 15% | 13% |
Always permitted | 38% | 41% | 35% |
Don't know | 5% | 14% | 4% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Never permitted | 12% | 13% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 33% | 30% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 13% | 11% |
Always permitted | 35% | 40% |
Don't know | 7% | 6% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 11% | 11% | 18% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 28% | 31% | 40% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 11% | 15% | 8% |
Always permitted | 43% | 39% | 26% |
Don't know | 7% | 5% | 8% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 10% | 11% | 15% | 13% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 30% | 27% | 31% | 38% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 14% | 11% | 12% | 12% |
Always permitted | 39% | 42% | 38% | 31% |
Don't know | 6% | 8% | 4% | 7% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 31% | 18% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 10% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 21% | 28% | 37% | 37% | 32% | 22% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 4% | 13% | 12% | 16% | 11% | 11% |
Always permitted | 40% | 32% | 33% | 32% | 43% | 53% |
Don't know | 4% | 8% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 5% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 23% | 6% | 1% | 8% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 43% | 34% | 16% | 14% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 9% | 20% | 11% | 8% |
Always permitted | 19% | 35% | 64% | 64% |
Don't know | 6% | 6% | 7% | 6% |
Category | The 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. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 31% | 9% | 0% | 7% |
Permitted in cases of rape, incest, danger to mother | 43% | 39% | 10% | 22% |
Permitted in cases other than rape, incest, danger to mother | 8% | 16% | 10% | 12% |
Always permitted | 11% | 31% | 77% | 44% |
Don't know | 7% | 6% | 3% | 15% |