Majority of Americans don’t want Roe overturned

Most Americans do not support the prospect of the nation’s highest court overturning Roe v. Wade, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, and public confidence in the Supreme Court is plunging.

In the wake of a leaked draft opinion from the high court suggesting a majority of justices want to eliminate federally protected abortion rights, more than half of Americans say they have little to no faith in that institution, and nearly half say the draft decision makes them more likely to vote this November. …

Most people do not want to permit or ban abortion in all circumstances. Instead, the majority of Americans broadly support abortion with a few exceptions. CONTINUED

Laura Santhanam, PBS NewsHour


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