Younger Americans are more likely than older adults to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases | Pew Research Center

May 10, 2024

Broad Public Support for Legal Abortion Persists 2 Years After Dobbs

Younger Americans are more likely than older adults to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases

Younger Americans are more likely than older adults to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases

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Younger Americans are more likely than older adults to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases

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Broad Public Support for Legal Abortion Persists 2 Years After Dobbs
Majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases
Partisan divide over abortion has widened over the past decade
A majority of Americans say the decision to have an abortion should belong solely to the pregnant woman; about a third say embryos are people with rights
About 6 in 10 Americans say it would be easy to get an abortion in their area
Most Democrats say medication abortion should be legal; Republicans are divided
Younger Americans are more likely than older adults to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases
Americans vary widely in their views over how easy it would be to get an abortion based on where they live
Americans living in states with abortion bans or restrictions are more likely to say it should be easier than it currently is to obtain an abortion
Across most groups, more say medication abortion should be legal than illegal in their states
Wide partisan divides over whether pregnant women should be the sole deciders of abortion decisions and whether an embryo is a person with rights
Nearly a third of U.S. adults say embryos are people with rights and pregnant women should be the ones to make abortion decisions