How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: There is a strong chance of a serious birth defect (June 2022)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Never | 19% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 16% |
| Within 12 weeks | 11% |
| Within 24 weeks | 8% |
| Within 36 weeks | 5% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 29% |
| Don't know | 12% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 5% | 19% | 31% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 11% | 16% | 20% |
| Within 12 weeks | 6% | 17% | 14% |
| Within 24 weeks | 10% | 5% | 7% |
| Within 36 weeks | 7% | 6% | 2% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 49% | 22% | 14% |
| Don't know | 10% | 14% | 13% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 4% | 7% | 5% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 1% | 12% | 15% |
| Within 12 weeks | 4% | 8% | 6% |
| Within 24 weeks | 12% | 15% | 8% |
| Within 36 weeks | 7% | 8% | 7% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 62% | 42% | 48% |
| Don't know | 10% | 9% | 11% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 27% | 16% | 38% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 15% | 18% | 23% |
| Within 12 weeks | 20% | 15% | 10% |
| Within 24 weeks | 10% | 8% | 5% |
| Within 36 weeks | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 15% | 24% | 9% |
| Don't know | 11% | 16% | 12% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 3% | 10% | 35% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 7% | 16% | 21% |
| Within 12 weeks | 4% | 15% | 12% |
| Within 24 weeks | 9% | 10% | 6% |
| Within 36 weeks | 9% | 6% | 2% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 58% | 25% | 12% |
| Don't know | 10% | 18% | 12% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 3% | 1% | 4% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 11% | 6% | 5% |
| Within 12 weeks | 3% | 7% | 3% |
| Within 24 weeks | 12% | 9% | 8% |
| Within 36 weeks | 15% | 10% | 3% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 47% | 56% | 68% |
| Don't know | 9% | 12% | 8% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 21% | 32% | 46% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 11% | 26% | 23% |
| Within 12 weeks | 25% | 11% | 5% |
| Within 24 weeks | 10% | 6% | 4% |
| Within 36 weeks | 3% | 1% | 2% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 23% | 13% | 5% |
| Don't know | 7% | 11% | 15% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 22% | 11% | 19% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Within 12 weeks | 11% | 5% | 13% |
| Within 24 weeks | 10% | 10% | 5% |
| Within 36 weeks | 4% | 7% | 4% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 28% | 29% | 29% |
| Don't know | 10% | 22% | 13% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Never | 21% | 18% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 16% | 16% |
| Within 12 weeks | 8% | 13% |
| Within 24 weeks | 10% | 6% |
| Within 36 weeks | 5% | 4% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 26% | 32% |
| Don't know | 14% | 11% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 16% | 19% | 25% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 15% | 15% | 18% |
| Within 12 weeks | 9% | 11% | 12% |
| Within 24 weeks | 8% | 8% | 9% |
| Within 36 weeks | 5% | 6% | 2% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 34% | 31% | 16% |
| Don't know | 12% | 11% | 18% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 9% | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 14% | 14% | 15% | 20% |
| Within 12 weeks | 13% | 10% | 10% | 12% |
| Within 24 weeks | 6% | 10% | 8% | 6% |
| Within 36 weeks | 7% | 3% | 5% | 4% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 36% | 37% | 23% | 24% |
| Don't know | 15% | 7% | 16% | 11% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 28% | 22% | 16% | 17% | 19% | 20% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 23% | 22% | 18% | 19% | 10% | 7% |
| Within 12 weeks | 9% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 13% | 9% |
| Within 24 weeks | 0% | 4% | 10% | 7% | 10% | 9% |
| Within 36 weeks | 0% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 7% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 25% | 18% | 26% | 33% | 35% | 41% |
| Don't know | 15% | 17% | 16% | 14% | 8% | 6% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 39% | 9% | 6% | 5% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 19% | 19% | 11% | 7% |
| Within 12 weeks | 10% | 13% | 15% | 7% |
| Within 24 weeks | 3% | 11% | 10% | 12% |
| Within 36 weeks | 3% | 5% | 5% | 7% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 14% | 30% | 36% | 54% |
| Don't know | 12% | 13% | 18% | 8% |
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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 39% | 18% | 4% | 5% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 23% | 17% | 7% | 14% |
| Within 12 weeks | 8% | 16% | 7% | 14% |
| Within 24 weeks | 5% | 9% | 11% | 3% |
| Within 36 weeks | 3% | 3% | 8% | 3% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 9% | 25% | 56% | 23% |
| Don't know | 14% | 11% | 8% | 39% |
