Polling on Abortion Opinion Misses How Much Would Be Tossed Out With Roe

Politico on May 2 released Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft abortion position, signed by four additional justices, that would overturn Roe v. Wade. …

The Alito draft does not just overturn the main finding of Roe, that women generally have a right to an abortion in the first six months of pregnancy (until “viability”). Alito’s draft reasoning goes beyond that, denying that pregnant people have any rights under any circumstances to terminate a pregnancy, except those explicitly granted to them by the state. …

Given the impact of the proposed Supreme Court decision, the standard polling questions on abortion are mostly beside the point. CONTINUED

David W. Moore, FAIR


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