Continued public support for legal abortion, but with a wide partisan divide | Pew Research Center

April 24, 2023

Nearly a Year After Roe’s Demise, Americans’ Views of Abortion Access Increasingly Vary by Where They Live

Continued public support for legal abortion, but with a wide partisan divide

Continued public support for legal abortion, but with a wide partisan divide

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Continued public support for legal abortion, but with a wide partisan divide

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Nearly a Year After Roe’s Demise, Americans’ Views of Abortion Access Increasingly Vary by Where They Live
In states where abortion is prohibited or restricted, more now say abortions are difficult to obtain locally
People in states that prohibited abortion after Dobbs increasingly likely to say it should be easier to obtain in their area
Continued public support for legal abortion, but with a wide partisan divide
More Americans are concerned that some states are making it too hard, rather than too easy, to get an abortion
Those living in states with stricter abortion laws say abortions are harder to obtain in their local areas
Young adults more likely than older Americans to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases