How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: There is a strong chance of a serious birth defect (February 2023)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Never | 14% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 16% |
| Within 12 weeks | 11% |
| Within 24 weeks | 9% |
| Within 36 weeks | 6% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 30% |
| Don’t know | 13% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 3% | 13% | 27% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 10% | 12% | 26% |
| Within 12 weeks | 9% | 10% | 13% |
| Within 24 weeks | 12% | 6% | 7% |
| Within 36 weeks | 7% | 6% | 5% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 48% | 33% | 11% |
| Don’t know | 10% | 20% | 13% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 0% | 5% | 4% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 8% | 13% | 10% |
| Within 12 weeks | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Within 24 weeks | 15% | 14% | 11% |
| Within 36 weeks | 4% | 9% | 6% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 61% | 37% | 51% |
| Don’t know | 8% | 6% | 12% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 30% | 22% | 27% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 17% | 23% | 31% |
| Within 12 weeks | 16% | 10% | 12% |
| Within 24 weeks | 8% | 5% | 7% |
| Within 36 weeks | 3% | 8% | 4% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 12% | 18% | 8% |
| Don’t know | 14% | 14% | 11% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 1% | 9% | 27% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 7% | 20% | 21% |
| Within 12 weeks | 9% | 12% | 13% |
| Within 24 weeks | 12% | 7% | 7% |
| Within 36 weeks | 8% | 5% | 4% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 56% | 29% | 13% |
| Don’t know | 7% | 18% | 15% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 6% | 6% | 9% |
| Within 12 weeks | 11% | 6% | 11% |
| Within 24 weeks | 20% | 9% | 10% |
| Within 36 weeks | 9% | 10% | 4% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 45% | 63% | 55% |
| Don’t know | 8% | 6% | 8% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 16% | 26% | 36% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 14% | 21% | 25% |
| Within 12 weeks | 19% | 14% | 8% |
| Within 24 weeks | 8% | 8% | 6% |
| Within 36 weeks | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 22% | 12% | 9% |
| Don’t know | 16% | 16% | 12% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 18% | 7% | 12% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 16% | 14% | 18% |
| Within 12 weeks | 13% | 12% | 6% |
| Within 24 weeks | 8% | 8% | 11% |
| Within 36 weeks | 6% | 4% | 4% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Don’t know | 10% | 24% | 17% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Never | 14% | 14% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 17% | 15% |
| Within 12 weeks | 12% | 11% |
| Within 24 weeks | 7% | 10% |
| Within 36 weeks | 5% | 6% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 28% | 32% |
| Don’t know | 16% | 11% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 9% | 17% | 18% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 21% | 12% | 19% |
| Within 12 weeks | 14% | 10% | 11% |
| Within 24 weeks | 9% | 10% | 4% |
| Within 36 weeks | 7% | 6% | 4% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 30% | 33% | 25% |
| Don’t know | 11% | 13% | 20% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 8% | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 12% | 17% | 14% | 22% |
| Within 12 weeks | 15% | 11% | 11% | 10% |
| Within 24 weeks | 14% | 8% | 8% | 6% |
| Within 36 weeks | 6% | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 33% | 33% | 29% | 27% |
| Don’t know | 12% | 11% | 16% | 13% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 23% | 12% | 11% | 21% | 14% | 17% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 20% | 23% | 17% | 15% | 12% | 10% |
| Within 12 weeks | 6% | 9% | 10% | 15% | 12% | 13% |
| Within 24 weeks | 4% | 6% | 12% | 7% | 10% | 9% |
| Within 36 weeks | 2% | 4% | 7% | 1% | 8% | 8% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 33% | 22% | 29% | 32% | 36% | 36% |
| Don’t know | 11% | 23% | 14% | 9% | 9% | 7% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 28% | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 22% | 19% | 10% | 3% |
| Within 12 weeks | 8% | 13% | 21% | 9% |
| Within 24 weeks | 6% | 12% | 11% | 8% |
| Within 36 weeks | 3% | 6% | 13% | 5% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 15% | 30% | 30% | 64% |
| Don’t know | 17% | 14% | 9% | 7% |
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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 | 26% | 15% | 1% | 6% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 22% | 20% | 5% | 9% |
| Within 12 weeks | 12% | 12% | 9% | 12% |
| Within 24 weeks | 7% | 9% | 9% | 11% |
| Within 36 weeks | 2% | 6% | 7% | 10% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 15% | 25% | 63% | 20% |
| Don’t know | 16% | 13% | 6% | 33% |
