Support for abortion rights continues to increase among the American public, according to a new survey of more than 22,000 adults conducted by Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) as part of its American Values Atlas project, which contains findings for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Just under two-thirds of Americans (64%) say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, up from 55% in 2010. Meanwhile, just over a third of Americans (34%) say it should be illegal in most or all cases, down from 42% in 2010. The proportion of Americans who say abortion should be illegal in all cases also dropped by more than half — from 15% in 2010 to 7% in December 2022. …
Just a third of Americans (34%) favored overturning Roe in 2022, with a plurality (44%) strongly opposed. In no state did a majority of respondents express support for the overturn of Roe. CONTINUED
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