Abortion Remains Key Issue for Voters, with Democrats Holding a Sizeable Edge over Republicans

Nine months ahead of the first presidential primary of the 2024 election season, many voters, especially women, say candidates’ views on abortion will again be a key issue, and Democrats hold a strong edge over Republicans on the issue, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Three in 10 registered […] Read more »

Supreme Court’s move on abortion pill in line with majority of Americans

Roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, oppose laws that ban access to medication abortion, in line with the Supreme Court’s move on Friday to maintain the status quo on the drug mifepristone for now. That’s according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, which was conducted while the […] Read more »

Two-thirds oppose banning medication abortion

Strong majorities of Americans oppose laws banning medication abortion, disagree with judges overturning Food and Drug Administration approval of prescription drugs, don’t have much confidence in the Supreme Court and don’t think justices should serve lifetime appointments, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Monday. … A lower court […] Read more »

Most Americans support the availability by prescription of abortion-inducing drugs

… According to the latest Economist/YouGov poll, 48% of Americans strongly or somewhat oppose judges overruling decisions made by the FDA approving a drug as “safe and effective.” One-third (33%) of Americans support the judge’s decision. A majority of Americans (53%) support the abortion-inducing drugs mifepristone and misoprostol being legal […] Read more »