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Broad Public Support for Legal Abortion Persists 2 Years After Dobbs


Views are split by political party, but support for legal abortion has risen modestly in both groups since before the 2022 Dobbs decision.

This share has grown 4 percentage points since 2021 – the year prior to the 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe. The new Pew Research Center survey, conducted April 8-14, 2024, among 8,709 adults, surfaces ongoing – and often partisan – divides over abortion attitudes: A narrow majority of Americans (54%) say the statement “the decision about whether to have an abortion should belong solely to the pregnant woman” describes their views extremely or very well.

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