Availability of Abortion (June 2022)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 15% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 26% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 14% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 38% |
| Don't know | 7% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 5% | 16% | 23% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 13% | 21% | 40% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 11% | 18% | 16% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 68% | 35% | 15% |
| Don't know | 4% | 10% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 3% | 7% | 5% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 3% | 17% | 14% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 12% | 16% | 7% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 74% | 57% | 70% |
| Don't know | 8% | 4% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 14% | 11% | 32% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 46% | 37% | 38% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 19% | 18% | 15% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 18% | 28% | 9% |
| Don't know | 4% | 5% | 6% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 3% | 10% | 25% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 9% | 21% | 41% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 10% | 15% | 15% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 76% | 39% | 14% |
| Don't know | 3% | 15% | 5% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 16% | 4% | 9% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 11% | 9% | 10% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 66% | 80% | 78% |
| Don't know | 3% | 4% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 11% | 19% | 40% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 33% | 44% | 42% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 28% | 16% | 6% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 22% | 17% | 6% |
| Don't know | 6% | 4% | 6% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 15% | 7% | 17% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 29% | 20% | 25% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 13% | 21% | 11% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 37% | 40% | 40% |
| Don't know | 6% | 12% | 6% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 17% | 12% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 29% | 23% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 13% | 15% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 32% | 44% |
| Don't know | 8% | 6% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 19% | 27% | 35% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 14% | 14% | 12% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 47% | 38% | 27% |
| Don't know | 6% | 6% | 9% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 14% | 15% | 14% | 16% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 25% | 25% | 27% | 27% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 17% | 16% | 12% | 12% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 34% | 39% | 39% | 40% |
| Don't know | 10% | 5% | 9% | 4% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 28% | 18% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 23% | 32% | 28% | 18% | 23% | 27% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 8% | 14% | 11% | 16% | 15% | 16% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 31% | 27% | 42% | 42% | 43% | 43% |
| Don't know | 10% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 2% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 28% | 6% | 11% | 5% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 37% | 28% | 20% | 8% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 15% | 18% | 10% | 8% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 16% | 40% | 50% | 73% |
| Don't know | 5% | 8% | 10% | 6% |
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| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By law, abortion should never be permitted | 32% | 12% | 4% | 4% |
| The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest or when the woman’s life is in danger | 39% | 30% | 10% | 18% |
| The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, | 14% | 19% | 8% | 11% |
| By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice | 11% | 33% | 75% | 34% |
| Don't know | 5% | 6% | 4% | 33% |
