How the public sees the case on mifepristone

Today, the Supreme Court is set to rule on the Biden administration’s emergency FDA approval of mifepristone, following conflicting court rulings on whether the drug could still be used. As pundits, politicians, and now Supreme Court Justices weigh in on what should happen, it’s worth asking how the public makes sense of all this.

The policies, rhetoric, and court rulings around abortion don’t always align with public opinion. And while public conversation tends to veer into absolutes, Americans think about abortion in shades of gray. That remains true for the case before the court today.

In anticipation of that, below are five charts on what the public thinks about the case at hand. CONTINUED

Clifford Young, Sarah Feldman & Bernard Mendez, Ipsos


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