CBS News poll: Americans react to overturning of Roe v. Wade — most disapprove, call it step backward
2 years, 6 months ago

CBS News poll: Americans react to overturning of Roe v. Wade — most disapprove, call it step backward

CBS News  

The American public is rendering its initial judgment on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and most disapprove of the ruling, including two-thirds of women who disapprove. As they look ahead, those disapproving of Friday's ruling are especially likely to think the high court might someday limit or end birth control and also same-sex marriage. While the overturning of Roe has elicited strong feelings, it's not an issue most Americans say has made them any more or less likely to vote in the midterms this year. Fifty percent of Democrats report this decision will make them more likely to vote, up from 40% last month, when overturning Roe was a possibility, but not yet a reality. This CBS News/YouGov survey is based on a nationally representative sample of 1,591 adults who were recontacted June 24-25 after the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade was released, following an initial survey conducted before the decision on June 22-24, 2022 using a nationally representative sample of 2,265 U.S. adults.

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Ending Roe v. Wade May Have Had the Opposite Effect That Conservatives Had Hoped For
1 year, 2 months ago

Ending Roe v. Wade May Have Had the Opposite Effect That Conservatives Had Hoped For

Slate  

On Tuesday, Ohio voters passed a ballot measure enshrining the right to an abortion in the state constitution, joining several states where voters have responded to the end of Roe v. Wade by protecting reproductive rights via popular referendum. To many observers’ surprise, two recent studies reveal that national abortion numbers have actually slightly increased since the Supreme Court ended …

Heightened 'pregnancy-related mortality' since Roe v. Wade reversal worries doctors: report
1 year, 6 months ago

Heightened 'pregnancy-related mortality' since Roe v. Wade reversal worries doctors: report

Raw Story  

The U.S. maternal mortality rate has significantly increased since the Supreme Court of the United States overturn Roe v. Wade nearly one year ago, The New Republic reports. In December, Axios reports, President Joe Biden's administration announced "The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision to end the constitutional right to abortion has been 'devastating' to maternal health and widened gaps in care …

Majority of Americans say it was wrong for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe
1 year, 6 months ago

Majority of Americans say it was wrong for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe

NPR  

Majority of Americans say it was wrong for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe Enlarge this image toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Patrick Semansky/AP A majority of Americans say they oppose the Supreme Court's decision a year ago to overturn Roe v. Wade, want to see affirmative-action programs in college admissions continue and have little confidence in this current court, the …

CNN Poll: About two-thirds of Americans disapprove of overturning Roe v. Wade, see negative effect for the nation ahead
2 years, 5 months ago

CNN Poll: About two-thirds of Americans disapprove of overturning Roe v. Wade, see negative effect for the nation ahead

CNN  

CNN — Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the US Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. Younger women are far more apt than others to see the ruling as negatively affecting them or their family personally: 50% of women younger than 45 see a negative effect, compared with 34% …

Why overturning Roe vs Wade will hurt America
2 years, 6 months ago

Why overturning Roe vs Wade will hurt America

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: America is split down the middle after the US Supreme Court struck down on June 24 the 1973 Roe vs Wade ruling that recognised American women’s constitutional right to abortion. Data from US government’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention shows that about 630,000 legal abortions took place in 2019 in US, while New York-based Guttmacher Institute, a …

Explained: How the decision to overturn Roe v Wade exposes the complex ties between judiciary and public
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained: How the decision to overturn Roe v Wade exposes the complex ties between judiciary and public

Firstpost  

Public opinion on abortion is nuanced, but polling shows broad support for Roe and for abortion rights. In the final opinion, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the court “cannot allow our decisions to be affected by any extraneous influences such as concern about the public’s reaction to our work.” Polls following the leaked draft of the opinion show approval of …

Roe ruling shows complex relationship between court, public
2 years, 6 months ago

Roe ruling shows complex relationship between court, public

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruling to overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision is unpopular with a majority of Americans — but did that matter? In the final opinion, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the court “cannot allow our decisions to be affected by any extraneous influences such as concern about the public’s reaction to our work.” Polls following …

Column: America is in the grip of a right-wing minority
2 years, 6 months ago

Column: America is in the grip of a right-wing minority

LA Times  

Republicans and conservatives are fond of the shibboleth that “America is a republic, not a democracy.” Boiled down to its essence, the phrase is a justification for awarding a strong voice in government to minority political views. That was Franklin Roosevelt’s “court-packing” scheme of 1937, undertaken after the court overturned several New Deal initiatives and other reforms, such as a …

Roe v. Wade: Majority of Americans disapprove of SCOTUS reversal, poll shows
2 years, 6 months ago

Roe v. Wade: Majority of Americans disapprove of SCOTUS reversal, poll shows

CNN  

CNN — Most Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll conducted Friday and Saturday in the immediate wake of the ruling. A 58% majority of Americans say they’d favor a federal law making abortion legal nationwide, while 42% would oppose this. Most Americans now say they believe it’s at …

Poll: Majorities oppose Supreme Court's abortion ruling and worry about other rights
2 years, 6 months ago

Poll: Majorities oppose Supreme Court's abortion ruling and worry about other rights

NPR  

Poll: Majorities oppose Supreme Court's abortion ruling and worry about other rights Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Majorities of Americans say they disagree with the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, think it was politically motivated, are concerned the court will now reconsider rulings that protect other rights, …

6 political questions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
2 years, 6 months ago

6 political questions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

NPR  

6 political questions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It's hard to overstate the importance of what the Supreme Court did Friday with its outright overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that made abortion legal in this country nearly 50 years ago. "It's the legal …

Analysis: Reversal of Roe v. Wade is stunning moment that will reshape American politics
2 years, 6 months ago

Analysis: Reversal of Roe v. Wade is stunning moment that will reshape American politics

CNN  

CNN — The day that remade America was decades in the making. The Supreme Court’s overturning of a woman’s right to an abortion on Friday was a legal, political and societal thunderbolt that merits the overused term “historic” because it will change life in multiple ways, many still unknown. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who did as much as any …

Roe v Wade: US top court ends 50 yrs of federal abortion rights
2 years, 6 months ago

Roe v Wade: US top court ends 50 yrs of federal abortion rights

Hindustan Times  

In a judgment that will transform America’s political, legal and social landscape, the United States’ Supreme Court, on Friday, struck down the historic Roe v Wade judgment that had institutionalised abortion-related protections in the country. “It just stuns me.it is cruel…The court is taking America back 150 years.” Biden, however, said the fight was not over; he would do all …

June 24, 2022 Roe v. Wade news
2 years, 6 months ago

June 24, 2022 Roe v. Wade news

CNN  

Abortion rights activists react in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on June 24. A broad majority of Americans did not want to see Roe vs. Wade overturned, polling taken before the Supreme Court’s decision shows. Here’s a recap of the latest data on the public’s views of abortion, from CNN and elsewhere: Views on overturning Roe vs. Wade …

Opinion: The death of Roe is dizzying, disturbing and dangerous
2 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: The death of Roe is dizzying, disturbing and dangerous

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Mary Ziegler is the author of “Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present” and “Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment.” The views expressed in this commentary are her own. CNN — While there are plenty of people who have long sounded the alarm on the Supreme …

Broad majority of Americans didn’t want Roe v. Wade overturned, polling prior to Supreme Court decision shows
2 years, 6 months ago

Broad majority of Americans didn’t want Roe v. Wade overturned, polling prior to Supreme Court decision shows

CNN  

CNN — A broad majority of Americans did not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned, according to polling taken before the Supreme Court ruled Friday that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. Here’s a recap of the latest data on the public’s views of abortion and how Americans will be feeling about the decision, …

With Roe on the precipice, Americans are having more abortions
2 years, 6 months ago

With Roe on the precipice, Americans are having more abortions

NPR  

With Roe on the precipice, Americans are having more abortions Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images The number of patients seeking abortions in the U.S. rose in 2020, reversing some 30 years of decline in the number of abortions. The number of abortions recorded by Guttmacher's Abortion Provider Census rose to 930,160 in 2020, an …

Majority Of Americans Identify As 'Pro-Choice' In Highest Level In Decades, Gallup Poll Finds
2 years, 7 months ago

Majority Of Americans Identify As 'Pro-Choice' In Highest Level In Decades, Gallup Poll Finds

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A new Gallup poll has found that a majority of Americans — 55% — now identify as “pro-choice” in the abortion rights debate, the highest level in 27 years. Lydia Saad, Gallup’s director for U.S. social research, attributed the rise in support for abortion rights to the fears that Roe v. Wade may be gutted in the …

Poll: High court approval drops after abortion opinion leak
2 years, 7 months ago

Poll: High court approval drops after abortion opinion leak

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Public approval of the Supreme Court has fallen following the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing abortion rights nationwide, according to a poll. Disapproval of the nation’s highest court was especially pronounced among the roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults who oppose overturning Roe, while support for the court was high …

CNN poll: The Supreme Court’s draft opinion on Roe v. Wade hasn’t shaken the midterm landscape
2 years, 8 months ago

CNN poll: The Supreme Court’s draft opinion on Roe v. Wade hasn’t shaken the midterm landscape

CNN  

CNN — Americans remain broadly opposed to overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would strike down the landmark ruling. Sixty-six percent say Roe v. Wade should not be completely struck down, and 59% would support Congress passing …

Report: Supreme Court draft suggests Roe could be overturned
2 years, 8 months ago

Report: Supreme Court draft suggests Roe could be overturned

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report. The document was labeled a “1st Draft” of the “Opinion of the Court” in a case challenging Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks, a case known as Dobbs …

Draft opinion suggests U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade: Report
2 years, 8 months ago

Draft opinion suggests U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade: Report

The Hindu  

A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalised abortion nationwide, according to a report published Monday night in Politico. The news outlet published what was labeled as a “1st Draft” of the “Opinion of the Court” in a …

Analysis: The Supreme Court may have just fundamentally altered the 2022 election
2 years, 8 months ago

Analysis: The Supreme Court may have just fundamentally altered the 2022 election

CNN  

CNN — The draft opinion from the Supreme Court that would overturn the right to an abortion is a massive story with a myriad of implications for the American public. The Supreme Court’s looming decision on Roe v. Wade is one of those external factors that does have the ability to fundamentally alter how the parties – and their bases …

Column: Silent majority of Americans who support abortion rights just learned the danger of silence
2 years, 8 months ago

Column: Silent majority of Americans who support abortion rights just learned the danger of silence

LA Times  

A crowd gathers outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday after a purported leak that Roe vs. Wade would be overturned. While the planet sizzles and Russia invades Eastern Europe, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim hundreds of lives every day and millions of Americans search in vain for a living wage and affordable housing, the cynical machinations of conservative …

Low public confidence in Supreme Court as Breyer retires
2 years, 11 months ago

Low public confidence in Supreme Court as Breyer retires

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Justice Stephen Breyer’s impending retirement from the Supreme Court gives President Joe Biden his first pick at a time when the American public has increasingly negative views of the high court. Maya Sen, political scientist and professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, said Biden’s choice probably won’t change the internal dynamics of the court, but “depending on who …

Abortion grows as priority issue for Democrats: AP-NORC poll
2 years, 11 months ago

Abortion grows as priority issue for Democrats: AP-NORC poll

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With Roe v. Wade facing its strongest threat in decades, a new poll finds Democrats increasingly view protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government. “You ask this kind of question in a time of economic turmoil and in the time of a pandemic and all of these other things going on, we might not expect …

We’re not going back to “before Roe v. Wade.” We’re going somewhere worse.
3 years, 1 month ago

We’re not going back to “before Roe v. Wade.” We’re going somewhere worse.

Slate  

On Friday, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in a decision by Justice Samuel Alito. There has been a tendency, in the week since it became clear the U.S. Supreme Court will likely either uphold Mississippi’s unconstitutional 15-week abortion ban or overturn Roe v. Wade outright, to suggest that when this happens, America will return to the days “pre-Roe.” …

US abortion rights at stake as Supreme Court takes up key case
3 years, 1 month ago

US abortion rights at stake as Supreme Court takes up key case

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – The United States Supreme Court is taking up a case that could reverse decades of access to abortion in the US, in what women’s rights advocates are calling a potential turning point in the country’s history. The hearing sets up a decision by the Supreme Court next year that could overturn nearly 50 years of federally protected …

Opinion: Why overturning Roe v. Wade would be a disaster for conservatives
3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: Why overturning Roe v. Wade would be a disaster for conservatives

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the book “OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind.” Follow her on Twitter. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next month challenging Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, but fewer than a third of Americans want Roe …

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