By more than two-to-one, Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state
A majority of Americans say medication abortion should be legal, but there is a stark divide by age, religion and party affiliation.
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A majority of Americans say medication abortion should be legal, but there is a stark divide by age, religion and party affiliation.
Public attitudes about the legality of abortion are largely divided along partisan lines – and to a greater extent than in past decades.
A majority of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases; 37% think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases.
While public support for legal abortion has fluctuated some in two decades of polling, it has remained relatively stable over the past five years. Currently, 59% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 39% say it should be illegal in all or most cases.
The share of Americans who say the United States stands above all other nations in the world has declined modestly over the past four years.
Prior to the Tyre Nichols video release, views of police conduct in the U.S. had improved in three of four measures, with crime an exception.
Young people in the United States express far more skeptical views of America’s global standing than older adults.
Among all U.S. adults, 63% favor making tuition at public colleges free, including 37% who strongly favor the proposal.
An 85% majority of Democrats say everything possible should be done to make voting easy; 28% of Republicans say this.
Democrats are largely united in backing a $15 an hour federal minimum wage. Republican opinion on this issue is more divided.
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