Abortion polls – the terrible Supreme Court decision is more unpopular now than when it was made

In the year since Roe v. Wade was struck down, polling for the first time shows that a majority of Americans say abortion is “morally acceptable.” They are also more likely to identify as “pro-choice” over “pro-life” for the first time in two decades. https://t.co/7lbtewClum pic.twitter.com/skACk84Kvw
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 23, 2023

Americans think the overturning of Roe was bad for the country and that new restrictions exceeded their expectations. https://t.co/7SBlXD8kDz pic.twitter.com/x50NrZhRiQ
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 23, 2023

The politics of abortion access: More Democrats than Republicans say what they've seen over the past year regarding the issue of abortion makes them more likely to vote in the 2024 presidential election. (Jennifer De Pinto & Fred Backus, CBS News) Details: https://t.co/yNiZQBbeFx pic.twitter.com/ZbszL5yDB2
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) June 22, 2023

New @NBCNews poll on the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade:

36% approve
61% disapprove

(In August 2022, it was 38% to 58%)

53% say abortion access is "too difficult" across the US; 23% say it's too easy; 13% say it's the right balancehttps://t.co/qLoVADTG1j
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 22, 2023

Currently, 28% of registered voters say they will only vote for candidates for major offices who share their position on abortion, one percentage point higher than the previous high of 27% recorded in 2022 and 2019.https://t.co/3BkKWZ2heA
— Jennifer Now at Threads Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) June 21, 2023

A new poll adds an intriguing data point to a trend I've been seeing for a while: More and more Americans are in favor of no restrictions on abortion at all – even later in pregnancy.

More @FiveThirtyEight and thanks to @teemoneyusa for sharing the data.https://t.co/HZJyZSVr0S
— Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (@ameliatd) July 25, 2023

Tweets on state abortion bans

North Dakota’s governor has signed a bill banning most abortions. The law takes immediate effect. There are now 14 states where most abortions are banned.

Here is the current status of abortion access in every state. https://t.co/afInf87xkO pic.twitter.com/AIoRz3U9I1
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 25, 2023

4/26 update on state abortion bans in effect:

❌ Total ban: SD, OK, TX, MO, AR, MS, AL, LA, KY, TN, ID, WV, WI, WY, ND
❌ 6-wk: GA
❌ 15-wk: FL, AZ
❌ 18-wk: UT
❌ 21-wk: NC

✅ Ban has been BLOCKED so abortion is legal & available: SC, OH, IN
— Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH (@McMisoprostol) April 26, 2023

Anti-abortion politicians in Iowa are hellbent on reviving a 5-year-old abortion ban that is now in the hands of the state Supreme Court.

If enforced, it would block 98% of abortions in the state + force residents to flee their homes to access care.https://t.co/YnhN8OUWRP
— Planned Parenthood Action (@PPact) April 21, 2023

Trump is evil but he understands that the extremist GOP abortion policies are unpopular

Roe v. Wade wouldn’t have been overturned without the three Trump justices. The judge who banned the abortion pill was also a Trump appointee. Still, he hasn’t gloated because he knows GOP policies are too far right for the public.

Earlier this week, I predicted that abortion politics would lead Trump to endorse a more-moderate position. It was a good prediction. https://t.co/elVM9uVdUz
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 14, 2023

According to two participants and another source close to Trump, the ex-president has warned leaders in off-the-record conversations that Republicans risk “losing big” — in Trump’s words — unless they follow his lead. https://t.co/o7JT4ZTZT6
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 14, 2023

🚨 Another abortion warning sign for the GOP: Some pro-life PA voters who previously supported Trump are firmly against banning mifepristone — and view it as the latest example of GOP extremism and overreach. @axios https://t.co/VUkybe4OlM
— Alexi McCammond (@alexi) April 14, 2023

Right-wing positions on abortion are unpopular

That doesn’t stop state legislatures and Republican judges from taking extremist actions.

I think the Supreme Court will ultimately uphold the terrible ban on Mifepristone (the abortion pill) that was done by a Trump judge. The right-wing judges don’t care if their decisions are unpopular. They have lifetime jobs.

Look at it politically. If they allow the usage of the pill to continue, I’ll still be mad at them for overturning Roe v. Wade. Their Trump cult voters who supported the end of abortion will be mad at them for this decision. So, they would not please anyone.

I and millions of others are already furious about overturning Roe. Banning the pill can’t make me much angrier than I am already

More than half of Americans — 57% — believe the Supreme Court is politically motivated when it comes to banning abortion in the United States, including 77% of Democrats, 40% of Republicans, and 54% of independents. (@Ipsosus) More: https://t.co/HwWpvHJ9nu pic.twitter.com/xGGrIjDOBF
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) April 14, 2023

Should medication abortion should be legal/illegal in your state:

Net legal %

+31 adults

+28 men
+33 women

+65 Dem/lean
-1 Rep/lean

+54 18-29
+31 30-49
+19 50-64
+24 65+

+20 Catholic
+7 Protestant
-27 White Evangelical

– @pewresearch
— John Della Volpe (follow me on substack) (@dellavolpe) April 13, 2023

Nearly every major poll on the abortion pill suggests support is a 70-25 issuehttps://t.co/Gx7PEVFgEU pic.twitter.com/wjRgtRkX2O
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) April 10, 2023

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support legal abortion. The same is true among religious Americans: majorities of religious Americans support legal abortion.

The outliers are white evangelicals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, LDS and Hispanic Protestants.@RNS https://t.co/8rg9dLUycE
— PRRI (@PRRIpoll) April 7, 2023

PEW POLL: “By more than two-to-one, Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state”https://t.co/x0ZJDDkQZv
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 11, 2023

The New York Times on the legal status of abortion in each state

Across the U.S., the fight over abortion access is still taking place in courtrooms. Here's a look at the legal status of abortion in each state.https://t.co/MTMVuPK4dP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 11, 2023

GOP and their courts have unpopular positions on abortion pills

By more than 2 to 1, Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state: 71% of women under 30 say this, while just 12% say it should be illegal. (@HSHartig @pewresearch) Details: https://t.co/jgkkATlRhV pic.twitter.com/qeEnnZnZAl
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) April 11, 2023

Abortion medication has overwhelming support, but one interesting dynamic is that young MEN are more supportive than women over 30. Gen Z is very, very, very progressive pic.twitter.com/IFx8gztnhV
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) April 11, 2023

also this:

Iowa Poll: Over 60% support legal abortion as state Supreme Court considers restrictions. (@katie_akin Des Moines Register) https://t.co/zIDrKV5kzS
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) March 28, 2023

Abortion polls show the majority of people favor abortion rights

Republican extremists, including their Supreme Court majority, don’t care what people think.

Not one state has a majority wishing to overturn #Roevwade.
Not. One. State.https://t.co/nJclm2rgLJ @dawomenscaucus #Demsabroad #abortionrights pic.twitter.com/6hnkV8xftO
— Democrats Abroad Canada 🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@DemsAbroadCan) March 2, 2023

Remember last spring, when I said the Roe Repeal would completely flip the morals on abortion away from always a bright future hypothetical babies to real life suffering women and that would completely change decades of public opinion patterns on it? 👇https://t.co/BuIV6ZP2tg
— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) February 24, 2023

New polling from PRRI looks at abortion views in every state.

In most, most people support abortion access — including a majority in 18 of 25 Trump states. https://t.co/750tjbrOSE
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 23, 2023

Most Americans say lawmakers are making abortion policy based on what their donors and base want — not the public, an NPR/Ipsos poll finds.

A majority also believe Supreme Court justices are guided more by their own politics than the law.https://t.co/VdwLTURZZg
— NPR (@NPR) January 23, 2023

More tweets on Republicans treating abortion as a crime

Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers https://t.co/DpWZwLgWFP
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 5, 2023

“The bill aims to amend the South Carolina code by adding sections that would define a person to include an unborn child at any stage & to “ensure that an unborn child who is a victim of homicide is afforded equal protection under the homicide laws” https://t.co/kNPmGKe3ua
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 4, 2023

Tweet on the Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic

Great name!

Award for coolest abortion clinic:

The Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic

Official statement: “In 1950, Samuel Alito’s mother did not have options, and look what happened,"https://t.co/CgOymUz9PU
— Southpaw Leftist (@SouthpawLeftist) February 6, 2023

TST Health is proud to announce the launch of Samuel Alito's Mom's Satanic Abortion Clinic in New Mexico. TST Health believes in honoring those, like the clinic's namesake, who couldn't choose legal abortion, no matter how much they may have wanted to.⤵️ https://t.co/a4U0wodhyB pic.twitter.com/0a44XmsrPr
— The Satanic Temple (@satanic_temple_) February 2, 2023

More examples of terrible consequences of abortion bans

A Missouri woman whose water broke at 17 weeks, whose fetus was dying inside of her and threatening her life, was denied an abortion. She called a GOP state senator to beg for help getting around the law, and he sent her to an anti-abortion center. https://t.co/gKPJmflhYK
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) October 18, 2022

Her doctors recommended terminating the pregnancy – but after Missouri banned abortions, that wasn't an option in the state. https://t.co/2PkYV9Jn0m
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) October 15, 2022

Ohio's abortion ban is preventing cancer patients from receiving life-saving treatment. Devastating piece from @shefalil. https://t.co/bxOY0zttyo pic.twitter.com/AMjpS5rPHs
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 7, 2022

14-year-old’s arthritis meds denied after Ariz. abortion ban, doctor says https://t.co/YJv3BOdbvX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 5, 2022

“A 14-year-old Tucson girl was denied a refill of a life-saving prescription drug she had been taking for years… [She] has debilitating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis which has kept her in and out of the hospital."https://t.co/YSQ9SwfZVT
— Will Ragland (@citizenwillis) October 2, 2022

A crush of Texans and other out-of-state patients at abortion clinics are causing backlogs in care and forcing some to have the procedure later in their pregnancies, when treatment is more intensive and costs are higher. https://t.co/gdkkfJXC03
— Axios (@axios) September 12, 2022

Today was my first OBGYN appt since the GOP banned abortion care in WI. I learned that the meds used to soften the cervix & make IUD inserts less painful are no longer an option bc they’re also used in abortions. Not only did the GOP take our rights, they’re making us suffer more
— Renee for Assembly (@ReneeforWI) September 9, 2022

Tara George is one of many women throughout the country who have faced difficult choices in a shifting legal landscape over abortion https://t.co/wTpQAaQvuu
— TIME (@TIME) September 6, 2022

Post-Roe, some areas may lose OB/GYNs if medical students can’t get training https://t.co/8QxXA6uToH
— DonnaCassata (@DonnaCassata) September 4, 2022

A mom whose IUD failed. A Catholic woman sure she’ll go to hell. A high-schooler whose boyfriend’s condom broke.

Some patients are going to Indiana for abortions. Staff say they'll help as many as possible until a new law likely shuts them down, too. https://t.co/A2nHOUJdzp
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 30, 2022