Should Abortion Laws be More or Less Strict? (October 2022)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| More strict | 18% |
| Less strict | 50% |
| Left as they are now | 25% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 10% | 12% | 25% |
| Less strict | 78% | 39% | 26% |
| Left as they are now | 6% | 33% | 42% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 16% | 7% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 2% | 21% | 9% |
| Less strict | 92% | 63% | 80% |
| Left as they are now | 2% | 8% | 6% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 8% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 23% | 10% | 30% |
| Less strict | 24% | 44% | 22% |
| Left as they are now | 48% | 40% | 41% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 7% | 7% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 7% | 16% | 25% |
| Less strict | 86% | 50% | 25% |
| Left as they are now | 4% | 20% | 42% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 13% | 7% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 4% | 4% | 12% |
| Less strict | 87% | 86% | 84% |
| Left as they are now | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 5% | 0% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 14% | 17% | 41% |
| Less strict | 43% | 29% | 11% |
| Left as they are now | 32% | 46% | 43% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 8% | 4% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 18% | 19% | 16% |
| Less strict | 46% | 60% | 52% |
| Left as they are now | 30% | 10% | 22% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 11% | 10% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| More strict | 20% | 15% |
| Less strict | 47% | 53% |
| Left as they are now | 26% | 24% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 8% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 19% | 15% | 21% |
| Less strict | 55% | 53% | 32% |
| Left as they are now | 19% | 24% | 38% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 7% | 9% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 13% | 23% | 17% | 17% |
| Less strict | 62% | 51% | 47% | 43% |
| Left as they are now | 16% | 21% | 27% | 33% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 5% | 9% | 6% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 32% | 18% | 13% | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Less strict | 42% | 43% | 48% | 53% | 55% | 57% |
| Left as they are now | 19% | 25% | 30% | 24% | 23% | 24% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 14% | 9% | 4% | 4% | 2% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 30% | 11% | 11% | 6% |
| Less strict | 28% | 51% | 66% | 79% |
| Left as they are now | 33% | 27% | 17% | 13% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 10% | 7% | 2% |
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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 34% | 16% | 4% | 9% |
| Less strict | 22% | 49% | 82% | 54% |
| Left as they are now | 33% | 29% | 12% | 15% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 6% | 2% | 22% |
