TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Wade, more Americans think their state should allow a woman to get a legal abortion for any reason, a new poll finds. Just over 6 in 10 of those questioned say women should have that right, compared to just under 50% of Americans who held the same belief in 2021, the new survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found. Since the Supreme Court ruling in June 2022, full abortion bans, with limited exceptions, have been enacted in 14 Republican-led states.
Meanwhile, three others prohibit abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even realize they’re pregnant, the AP reported. Americans are even more opposed to a national abortion ban, the poll found. Seven in 10 Americans think abortion should be legal on a national level in all or most cases, a slight increase from last year, while about 3 in 10 think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases.
While the survey shows that the country is largely opposed to abortion restrictions, a substantial number of those polled expressed opinions and values that were incongruent, the AP reported. About half of those who said a woman should be able to get an abortion for any reason also said their state should not allow abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy and about one-quarter said their state should not allow abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. But the vast majority of Americans -- .
