Three-quarters of Americans say they want to keep in place the landmark Supreme Court ruling, Roe v. Wade, that made abortion legal in the United States, but a strong majority would like to see restrictions on abortion rights, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. What the survey found is […] Read more »
5 facts about the abortion debate in America
More than four decades after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, opponents and supporters of abortion rights are still battling over the issue in court, at the ballot box and in state legislatures. A recently enacted Alabama law has been described as the nation’s most restrictive, and several […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Abortion growing in importance for voters heading into 2020 election
Three-in-10 Americans say they would only vote for a candidate for major office who shares their views on abortion, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. That’s higher than at any point in CNN polling on the topic from 1996 on. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta & Grace Sparks, CNN Read more »
A New Age of Conflict Between Washington and the States
A new proposal from Senator Kamala Harris requiring federal approval of state laws restricting abortion access captures how the unrelenting escalation of conflict between the parties is igniting fresh tensions between the federal government and the states. More and more, both parties are seeking to use federal authority to block […] Read more »
Why the Fight Over Abortion Is Unrelenting
… Over the years, the abortion debate has become a linchpin in the political battle between Democrats and Republicans, mobilizing Christian evangelicals on the right and supporters of the women’s movement on the left. Why has the abortion issue had such staying power, compared, for example, with the steady liberalization […] Read more »
Alabama state legislators are wrong about their voters’ opinions on abortion
Alabama’s law banning abortions even in the case of rape and incest has attracted big headlines. But the state is not alone in trying to all but eliminate abortion rights. Since the beginning of the year, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Utah have passed similar laws. But most […] Read more »