As U.S. students begin the 2022-2023 school year, Americans are mostly divided on whether students at all levels of education should be required to have COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of in-person attendance. Slightly less than half of Americans, 48%, believe elementary students should be vaccinated in order to attend […] Read more »
Overturning Roe is not making laws reflect what people want – new survey highlights flaws in Supreme Court’s reasoning in returning abortion authority to states
The Savannah Medical Clinic, which provided abortions for four decades in Savannah, Ga., is closed now. AP Photo/Russ Bynum Matthew A Baum, Harvard Kennedy School; Alauna Safarpour, Harvard Kennedy School, and Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Harvard Kennedy School Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that overturned the constitutional right to an […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Support for abortion depends on circumstance and timing
Almost a month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a new Fox News survey finds a majority disagrees with the ruling. At the same time, overall views on the legality of abortion vary by situation and trimester. The national poll of registered voters, released Sunday and conducted […] Read more »
PRRI Survey: Democrats More Likely to Vote on Abortion Views Than Before Dobbs
A new survey conducted in the days following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization by Public Religion Research Institute reveals that Democrats have become much more likely to say they will only vote for a candidate who shares their views on abortion. More than […] Read more »
‘A recipe for a lot of suffering’: How abortion bans may strain the red states
The central paradox of the abortion debate is that the red states racing to outlaw or severely limit the procedure may be the places least prepared to deal with the practical consequences of the new restrictions. And that, experts project, could mean significantly more infant and maternal deaths and childhood […] Read more »
Majority Disapprove of Reversing Roe
Six in ten Americans disapprove – nearly all of them strongly – of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The Monmouth University Poll finds two-thirds of the public feels a pregnant woman should be afforded more rights than an unborn fetus during the first trimester, although […] Read more »