It’s typical in progressive circles to assume that abortion politics is heavily driven by gender, reflecting the left’s conviction that the legality of abortion is fundamentally a question of women’s rights and bodily autonomy. Polls, however, tend to show only very modest gender gaps in views of abortion. Women and […] Read more »
What Polls Say About Abortion Views
As restrictive abortion laws gain traction in Alabama and Missouri, how do Americans generally feel about abortion? Ariel Edwards-Levy, a reporter with HuffPost, breaks it down for NPR’s Scott Simon. CONT. NPR News Recent polls: Abortion Read more »
Alabama abortion ban was deeply unpopular in 2018, previously unreleased polling shows
Less than a third of Alabamians indicated last year that they approved of the provisions of the abortion ban passed by the state Legislature earlier this week and signed by Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday, according to polling conducted on behalf of Planned Parenthood’s southeast affiliates. … Anzalone Liszt Grove […] Read more »
Why Some States Are Passing New Abortion Restrictions
On Wednesday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a ban on nearly all abortions in the state. It joins a group of states — including Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio — that have enacted restrictions on abortion this year. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux […] Read more »
Why it’s difficult to gauge Americans’ support for abortion rights
Republican-run state governments are clearly aiming for a Supreme Court showdown over Roe v. Wade. Georgia recently passed a law banning most abortions after six weeks, and Alabama just passed a near-total abortion ban. Both efforts are part of more than a dozen such successful and unsuccessful attempts this year. […] Read more »
Alabama Bill at Odds With Public Consensus on Abortion
It’s not difficult to view abortion as a contentious issue. With equal percentages of Americans — 48% each — identifying themselves as “pro-choice” and “pro-life” in Gallup’s May 2018 update on abortion, the country looks to be completely polarized on the matter. … At the same time, there are two […] Read more »