Republicans support states’ rights except when they don’t like what the states are doing
Category: Abortion
Abortion polls update 9/16/22
The extremist Supreme Court decision is unpopular.
Really striking findings in the new NYT poll:
— . (@GregTSargent) September 16, 2022
52% of voters *strongly* oppose the Dobbs ruling. Only 19% strongly support it
57% of women *strongly* oppose the ruling
This upends some very big assumptions about abortion politics and the midterms.https://t.co/L4XmVgg66X
Fox poll: Registered voters
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 16, 2022
Supreme Court overturning Roe
Approve 32%
Disapprove 63%
OHIO
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 15, 2022
Ohio lawmakers are considering a ban on abortion after cardiac activity detected, usually around 6 weeks. There would be an exception for the life of the mother and no exceptions for rape or incest.
Support ban 26%
Oppose ban 68%
(Suffolk U/USA Today Network, LV, 9/5-7/22)
Do you approve or disapprove of the Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 15, 2022
Approve 32%
Disapprove 63%
(Fox News Poll, RV, 9/9-12/22)
Overwhelming support overall for allowing abortions in cases of rape or incest. In total, 83% favor that, 10% oppose. Among Republicans, 70% favor, 20% oppose. Among Democrats, 96% favor, 2% oppose. Among independents, 83% favor, 9% oppose. #mulawpoll
— MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) September 14, 2022
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— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 13, 2022
… What would you like to see Congress do: pass a law allowing abortions nationwide, pass a law banning abortions nationwide, or leave abortion law up to the individual states?
Law allowing 46%
Law banning 7%
Leave to states 44%
(Monmouth U. Poll, 6/24-27/22)
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… Do you agree or disagree with the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 14, 2022
Agree 34%
Disagree 61%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 8/25-29/22)
more: https://t.co/LiHUeoPeRE
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Do you think abortion should be legal in all cases, legal in most cases, illegal in most cases, or illegal in all cases?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 13, 2022
Legal all cases 34%
Legal most cases 32%
Illegal most cases 22%
Illegal all cases 7%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 8/25-29/22)
this really should, but likely won't, induce a pretty broad reconsideration of whether it's smart to base your politics around chasing the median view as described in polling, rather than CHANGING the median view through strong messaging https://t.co/GjLovp6TX0
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) September 13, 2022
Lindsay Graham’s abortion bill.
He’s out of touch with what the public wants. Republicans claimed they wanted abortion laws to be made by the states. Now Graham does this. They just want to impose their extremist views.
I assume red states with stricter bans would keep them so it would only affect states with no bans or more lenient bans. This is just another case of the right wing trying to impose their unpopular views on everyone.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 13, 2022
This doesn’t sound like the majority wants a 15 week ban https://t.co/XOaCEtFZhU
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 13, 2022
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 13, 2022
More on the damage done by overturning Roe v. Wade
Terrible Supreme Court decision
This is a nightmare. https://t.co/7IjEQkjULA
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) September 7, 2022
Roe V Wade was overturned just a little over two months ago.
— Ariana Afshar (she/her) (@progressivebrat) September 3, 2022
A🧵of the catastrophic damage this has created:
… The Supreme Court recently overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which had established a woman's right to an abortion. Do you agree or disagree with the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 2, 2022
Agree 34%
Disagree 61%
(Quinnipiac U, 8/25-29/22)
Here's my NYRB "Deconstructing Dobbs" essay on the fallout from the tragic turn the Supreme Court took in Dobbs and other cases in its most recent term: what brought the Court to this terrible place? https://t.co/QmFc4SUb9v
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 31, 2022
The impact of Tennessee's cruel and dangerous abortion ban is already evident, @JRubinBlogger writes https://t.co/dps6uX4mPM
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) August 31, 2022
A mom whose IUD failed. A Catholic woman sure she’ll go to hell. A high-schooler whose boyfriend’s condom broke.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 30, 2022
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
My 55 yo friend who is having postmenopausal bleeding just called me from CVS in TX bc they refused to fill her Rx for misoprostol (used to open the cervix) bc she couldn’t prove she wasn’t having an abortion. She is having surgery in 2 days. This is what total abortion bans do.
— Emily Porter, M.D. (@dremilyportermd) August 28, 2022
"I had to carry my baby to bury my baby."
— The Recount (@therecount) August 26, 2022
— Nancy Davis, who was denied an abortion in Louisiana despite the fact that she is carrying a non-viable fetus, speaks on the steps of the state capital pic.twitter.com/H1vKPJlOnm
Two more pregnant children who were raped were denied abortions in Ohio.
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) September 28, 2022
Two cancer patients were denied an abortion and couldn’t receive cancer treatment due to being pregnant.
Republicans back off unpopular extreme abortion positions
I doubt they have changed their views. They’re probably just lying because their positions are unpopular. https://t.co/S5GF9QIFp1
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 30, 2022
The award for fastest U-turn on abortion goes (so far) to Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters, @paulwaldman1 writes. https://t.co/d80ZMBpDsg
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) August 30, 2022
"@BGMasters 's new campaign posturing comes as a flurry of Republican candidates nationwide attempt to distance themselves from unpopular or divisive policy positions, particularly about abortion and the legitimacy of the 2020 election."https://t.co/NShs2hE0k0
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 30, 2022
Looks like another Republican candidate has removed abortion language from his website.
— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) August 28, 2022
This time it’s Tom Barrett, who is challenging Elissa Slotkin for a U.S. House seat in Michigan.
Via @nannburke @CraigDMauger https://t.co/E9Y7BNjRej pic.twitter.com/2ZC60Pelsc
Right wing extremists are trying to moderate their positions on abortion now that polling shows their misogyny is unpopular, but @bgmasters has called for a total ban on abortion – and that’s exactly what he’ll work to pass if elected: https://t.co/ACJxLpUFSq https://t.co/DEqhUvfic4
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 26, 2022
New abortion polls
… Do you approve or disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 23, 2022
Approve 38%
Disapprove 58%
(NBC News Poll, RV, 8/12-16/22)
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WISCONSIN
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 19, 2022
Do you approve or disapprove of the Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision?
Approve 37%
Disapprove 55%
(Fox News Poll, RV, 8/12-16/22)
Fox News Poll: 60% of registered voters disapprove of decision to overturn Roe v. Wade; record 55% disapprove of the U.S. Supreme Court’s job performance. (Victoria Balara, Fox News) Details: https://t.co/pbruzqQuvp pic.twitter.com/wBbMpQN8y9
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) August 11, 2022
Fox News national poll: 93% of Americans are extremely, very or somewhat familiar with the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 18, 2022
35% approve
61% disapprove pic.twitter.com/udbpH1JZna
By a 20 point margin AZ voters oppose GOP SCOTUS decision overturning Roe per @OHPredictive poll. More data released today show AZ majorities back key gun control measures including #assaultweapons ban. State Rs moving in opposite direction https://t.co/j2oulgMz5u
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 27, 2022
More on the terrible consequences of overturning Roe v.s Wade
Rep. Neal Collins said he opposed a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in South Carolina. The bill was approved and is now headed to the state House floor for a vote. pic.twitter.com/amgNxJwMMA
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 23, 2022
In Louisiana, a woman whose fetus cannot survive outside the womb — it is missing the top of its skull, a fatal condition known as acrania — is now barred from ending her pregnancy in the state. https://t.co/Dq33mu6n2F
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) August 20, 2022
A woman discovered that her fetus was developing without a skull. The hospital denied her an abortion
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 17, 2022
In desperation, she visited a pregnancy crisis center that discourages abortions. Staff told her how to bury the baby & said their prayers were with herhttps://t.co/kGC76HHVge
Since abortion bans have taken effect, there is increased scrutiny on drugs that can be used to terminate pregnancies that also have other common uses, as well as on drugs for non-pregnancy-related conditions that are known to harm a developing fetus. https://t.co/nHwXYajV0q
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 8, 2022
What’s wrong with this picture? https://t.co/HYZXiZLmJ2
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 24, 2022
Abortion polls update 8/8/22
JUST IN: 49% of Americans said they would be more likely to support a candidate who would keep access to abortion legal compared to 27% who would be more likely to support the candidate who favors limiting abortion, per a new @ABC News/Ipsos poll. https://t.co/wTAKYhUnmY
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 7, 2022
Republicans don’t seem to get it: no one wants to live in a state where the government can force you to give birth against your will, even if your life is in danger.https://t.co/BSG6K4PUAd
— Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (@DLCC) August 8, 2022
Wow, this chart … https://t.co/9LenCy5O07 pic.twitter.com/Vx7NNwhS2z
— Josh Chafetz (@joshchafetz) August 4, 2022
The Dobbs decision is looking like much more of a political earthquake than anybody anticipated, and the shock doesn't seem to be fading.
— Charlotte Alter (@CharlotteAlter) August 3, 2022
More than a month later, 55% of Americans say abortion is "very important" to their midterm votehttps://t.co/0H2HRaL5TR
Poll: 7 in 10 Americans, regardless of party affiliation, want to be able to vote on an abortion measure on their state ballot. https://t.co/l0zEQE1fz3
— Axios (@axios) August 10, 2022
More tweets on the bad consequences of the Supreme Court’s overturning Roe v. Wade
In red states, doctors and pharmacists are denying female patients a crucial drug for autoimmune disorders because it can also terminate a pregnancy.
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) August 8, 2022
Another horrifying example of abortion bans’ devastating impact on women’s health. https://t.co/JgXK6kTJLn
Opinion by Ruth Marcus: No restriction short of an absolute, unyielding ban will satisfy some abortion opponents. https://t.co/h4xVi3ItAI
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2022
Absolutely devastating @michelleinbklyn column on the anti-abortion movement's refusal to believe the real-life effects of its policies https://t.co/CSweG198K6
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) July 29, 2022
Perspective: Some treatments can cause irreparable harm or death to the fetus and to the patient. Adding possible legal consequences complicates the decision-making.https://t.co/Mya6fXS05U
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 28, 2022
States that banned abortion or are expected to are some of the most dangerous places in the U.S. to give birth, a New York Times analysis shows.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 28, 2022
“The safety net is woefully inadequate,” said Carol Burnett, who works with poor and single mothers. https://t.co/oCWP9WLZcM
States With Abortion Bans Are Among Least Supportive for Mothers and Children https://t.co/Wg0S8Ik1ZF
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) July 28, 2022
not mature enough to terminate a pregnancy but definitely mature enough to raise a child https://t.co/vkgcd67Y20
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) August 16, 2022
Polls continue to show public disagrees with overturning Roe v. Wade
63% of Americans disapprove of the Court overturning Roe. https://t.co/l8ftZ9lCEJ pic.twitter.com/iQ3ygGE8oQ
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 29, 2022
Similar to new results in AZ: “Almost 55% of voters polled by the AJC said they disagree with Georgia’s new abortion law, which outlaws the procedure in most cases once a doctor can detect fetal cardiac activity” https://t.co/wAM77MCvW7
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 29, 2022
CNN Poll: About two-thirds of Americans disapprove of overturning Roe v. Wade, see negative effect for the nation ahead (@jennagiesta CNN) https://t.co/CDei89Covq
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) July 28, 2022
Fox News national poll: 93% of Americans are extremely, very or somewhat familiar with the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 18, 2022
35% approve
61% disapprove pic.twitter.com/udbpH1JZna
A new poll lays bare the GOP’s post-Roe dilemmas (@aaronblake) https://t.co/Oh5rZPO4Az pic.twitter.com/QYKrAbwbNh
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) July 9, 2022
According to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist College poll conducted June 24-25, 57% of Americans said that overturning Roe was “politically motivated and not motivated by the law.” https://t.co/bKH4KYlTjQ
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 9, 2022
Sad! 