How much time should a woman have to obtain a legal abortion: The woman’s health is seriously endangered (April 2024)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Never | 7% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 19% |
| Within 12 weeks | 12% |
| Within 24 weeks | 7% |
| Within 36 weeks | 3% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 45% |
| Don’t know | 8% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 3% | 7% | 11% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 11% | 16% | 26% |
| Within 12 weeks | 10% | 8% | 15% |
| Within 24 weeks | 7% | 7% | 7% |
| Within 36 weeks | 5% | 2% | 2% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 60% | 44% | 31% |
| Don’t know | 5% | 16% | 8% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 7% | 0% | 3% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 7% | 14% | 10% |
| Within 12 weeks | 5% | 12% | 10% |
| Within 24 weeks | 9% | 8% | 5% |
| Within 36 weeks | 5% | 3% | 5% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 65% | 57% | 60% |
| Don’t know | 2% | 5% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 8% | 7% | 13% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 17% | 25% | 30% |
| Within 12 weeks | 20% | 13% | 14% |
| Within 24 weeks | 9% | 8% | 6% |
| Within 36 weeks | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 31% | 38% | 27% |
| Don’t know | 12% | 5% | 9% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 3% | 4% | 12% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 8% | 19% | 25% |
| Within 12 weeks | 5% | 12% | 15% |
| Within 24 weeks | 6% | 5% | 8% |
| Within 36 weeks | 6% | 3% | 2% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 69% | 43% | 31% |
| Don’t know | 3% | 13% | 7% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 3% | 2% | 5% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 8% | 8% | 9% |
| Within 12 weeks | 6% | 6% | 4% |
| Within 24 weeks | 10% | 6% | 4% |
| Within 36 weeks | 2% | 7% | 7% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 67% | 70% | 69% |
| Don’t know | 5% | 1% | 4% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 8% | 7% | 19% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 15% | 23% | 34% |
| Within 12 weeks | 12% | 18% | 14% |
| Within 24 weeks | 15% | 6% | 7% |
| Within 36 weeks | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 43% | 35% | 18% |
| Don’t know | 7% | 8% | 7% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 8% | 5% | 7% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 19% | 13% | 22% |
| Within 12 weeks | 13% | 14% | 10% |
| Within 24 weeks | 8% | 6% | 2% |
| Within 36 weeks | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 43% | 52% | 44% |
| Don’t know | 6% | 7% | 11% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Never | 4% | 10% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 17% | 20% |
| Within 12 weeks | 14% | 10% |
| Within 24 weeks | 7% | 6% |
| Within 36 weeks | 3% | 3% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 46% | 44% |
| Don’t know | 8% | 7% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 6% | 7% | 11% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 20% | 18% | 19% |
| Within 12 weeks | 11% | 11% | 15% |
| Within 24 weeks | 6% | 8% | 5% |
| Within 36 weeks | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 48% | 45% | 38% |
| Don’t know | 6% | 8% | 10% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 8% | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 23% | 19% | 15% | 21% |
| Within 12 weeks | 13% | 13% | 9% | 14% |
| Within 24 weeks | 5% | 7% | 8% | 6% |
| Within 36 weeks | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 39% | 45% | 50% | 41% |
| Don’t know | 6% | 6% | 9% | 8% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 7% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 3% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 34% | 18% | 21% | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| Within 12 weeks | 4% | 14% | 9% | 12% | 11% | 12% |
| Within 24 weeks | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 10% |
| Within 36 weeks | 0% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 4% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 35% | 44% | 45% | 46% | 43% | 51% |
| Don’t know | 18% | 10% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 3% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | 13% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 27% | 17% | 12% | 4% |
| Within 12 weeks | 13% | 14% | 14% | 2% |
| Within 24 weeks | 5% | 7% | 7% | 10% |
| Within 36 weeks | 1% | 3% | 8% | 3% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 31% | 49% | 49% | 73% |
| Don’t know | 10% | 7% | 8% | 4% |
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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 | 14% | 5% | 1% | 6% |
| Within the first 6 weeks of pregnancy | 28% | 16% | 5% | 18% |
| Within 12 weeks | 14% | 15% | 4% | 4% |
| Within 24 weeks | 5% | 9% | 7% | 5% |
| Within 36 weeks | 1% | 4% | 3% | 10% |
| At any time during the pregnancy | 29% | 46% | 77% | 29% |
| Don’t know | 10% | 5% | 3% | 27% |
