Abortion, women’s rights grow as priorities: AP-NORC poll
2 years, 6 months ago

Abortion, women’s rights grow as priorities: AP-NORC poll

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A new poll finds a growing percentage of Americans calling out abortion or women’s rights as priorities for the government in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, especially among Democrats and those who support abortion access. “You can’t help but feel kind of helpless, as though there’s not much that can be done.” Twenty-two percent of U.S. adults name abortion or women’s rights in an open-ended question as one of up to five problems they want the government to work on, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. And the new poll finds mentions of women’s rights are almost exclusively by those who think abortion should be legal. Among Republicans, 11% identify abortion or women’s rights as a priority in the new poll, a modest increase from 5% who said that in December.

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U.S. Election Results 2024: Determining constitutional right to abortion with ballots
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2 months ago

U.S. Election Results 2024: Determining constitutional right to abortion with ballots

The Hindu  

Since the U.S. overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling securing the right to abortion, several States of the North American country became the groundswell of public opposition. Not-for-profit public law observer Brennan Centre for Justice observed in a blogpost, “In most of these eight States, abortion opponents in official positions have used their power to try to block or …

When it came to voters’ choices on abortion this election, results were mixed
2 months ago

When it came to voters’ choices on abortion this election, results were mixed

NPR  

When it came to voters’ choices on abortion this election, results were mixed Abortion rights were on the ballot in 10 states this election, and the results were mixed. One of the strictest abortion bans in the country - voters approved an amendment that will guarantee abortion access up to the point of fetal viability, so that's about 24 weeks …

Women sharing personal stories about abortion bans have become a political force
2 months, 1 week ago

Women sharing personal stories about abortion bans have become a political force

NPR  

Women sharing personal stories about abortion bans have become a political force toggle caption Izzy Lewis If the US Supreme Court had not overturned Roe v. Wade, Nancy Davis and Kaitlyn Joshua might never have met, or become public figures. Tresa Undem, a pollster with PerryUndem, said her surveys show that voters who have heard stories like Davis and Joshua’s, …

High Stakes Abortion Ballot Initiatives Could Decide Who Takes the White House
2 months, 1 week ago

High Stakes Abortion Ballot Initiatives Could Decide Who Takes the White House

India Today  

The upcoming US presidential election could be decided by the outcome of several abortion-related ballot measures in 10 states. The issue is a key issue in many states, with voters considering whether to protect reproductive rights or restrict them. The high level of support for pro-choice measures in battleground states like Arizona and Nevada suggests that abortion could be a …

Right-Wing Groups Make Hail-Mary Attack On Pro-Choice Amendments
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Right-Wing Groups Make Hail-Mary Attack On Pro-Choice Amendments

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Reproductive rights have emerged as one of the most important issues this election, and millions of voters in 10 states will decide on ballot measures that would enshrine abortion rights in their constitutions. “Some conservative organizations seem to hope that sparking fears about children getting surgeries without parental consent will sink ballot measures that are actually about …

Kamala Harris gives abortion rights advocates the debate answer they've longed for in Philadelphia
4 months ago

Kamala Harris gives abortion rights advocates the debate answer they've longed for in Philadelphia

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: When President Joe Biden gave bumbling remarks about abortion on the debate stage this summer, it was widely viewed as a missed opportunity — a failure, even — on a powerful and motivating issue for Democrats at the ballot box. The difference was stark, then, on Tuesday night, when Vice President Kamala Harris gave a forceful defense of abortion …

At DNC, Women Hurt By Abortion Bans Call On Voters To Reject Trump: 'Lives Depend On It'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

At DNC, Women Hurt By Abortion Bans Call On Voters To Reject Trump: 'Lives Depend On It'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On the first night of their national convention, Democrats highlighted three stories of how abortion restrictions after Roe v. Wade was overturned had hurt women and couples, hoping to underscore the importance of reproductive rights in one of the most poignant presentations Monday night. An Economist/YouGov poll taken from Aug. 11 to Aug. 13 found that 75% …

Harris wants to restore Roe. For many activists, that’s not enough.
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris wants to restore Roe. For many activists, that’s not enough.

Politico  

Much of the abortion-rights movement embraced Harris’ candidacy the moment it was announced — praising her record as California attorney general, senator and vice president and expressing hope that she would move beyond President Joe Biden’s often hesitant advocacy and more moderate policy positions. “I firmly believe that when Kamala Harris says and when Joe Biden says ‘restore Roe,’ that …

Opinion: Trump dangerously misunderstands how voters feel about abortion access
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Trump dangerously misunderstands how voters feel about abortion access

LA Times  

Former President Trump said this month: “I think that abortion has become much less of an issue.” He’s wrong about that. He should be winning this election,” GOP pollster Frank Luntz said in frustration on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” It’s not working, and Luntz is among the Republicans who blame Trump. Madrid has a three-point prescription for how Harris can win …

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds
5 months ago

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds

Associated Press  

The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. AP AUDIO: US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds AP correspondent …

Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds
6 months ago

Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer. Around 6 in 10 Americans think their state should generally allow a person to obtain a …

Republicans move at Trump’s behest to change how they will oppose abortion
6 months ago

Republicans move at Trump’s behest to change how they will oppose abortion

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — The Republican National Committee moved Monday to adopt a party platform that reflects former President Donald Trump’s position opposing a federal abortion ban and ceding limits to states, omitting the explicit basis for a national ban for the first time in 40 years. Among the vocal abortion opponents on the platform committee, some say the aspiration of a …

Understanding Abortions Later In Pregnancy
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Understanding Abortions Later In Pregnancy

Huff Post  

Many Republicans want you to believe that women are getting abortions in the eighth and ninth months of pregnancy simply because they can. Democrats can “have in the seventh, eighth, ninth month, and they can kill the baby,” he said in another interview, adding that in some states “they can kill the baby after the baby is born.” Sen. Ted …

Nearly 8 in 10 AAPI adults in the US think abortion should be legal, an AP-NORC poll finds
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 8 in 10 AAPI adults in the US think abortion should be legal, an AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With abortion rights poised to be one of the major issues in the 2024 election, a new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations where the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason. They’re also supportive of federal government action to …

Nearly 8 in 10 AAPI adults in U.S. think abortion should be legal, poll finds
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 8 in 10 AAPI adults in U.S. think abortion should be legal, poll finds

LA Times  

With abortion rights poised to be one of the major issues in the 2024 election, a new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations where the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason. They’re also supportive of federal government action to preserve abortion …

More than 60% of US abortions in 2023 were done by pill, study shows
9 months, 3 weeks ago

More than 60% of US abortions in 2023 were done by pill, study shows

Firstpost  

Following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to abolish abortion rights, over a dozen states were able to close their abortion facilities and outlaw the operation altogether, limiting access to surgical abortions Pro-choice and anti-abortion both demonstrate outside the United States Supreme Court as the court hears arguments over a challenge to a Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks …

More Black women say abortion is their top issue in the 2024 election, a survey finds
10 months ago

More Black women say abortion is their top issue in the 2024 election, a survey finds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year’s presidential election, a poll out Thursday from health policy research firm KFF reveals. “Abortion voters are young, Black women — and not white evangelicals.” Overall, 12% of voters surveyed said abortion was the most important issue in this year’s election. Trump, …

Abortion rights opponents and supporters seize on report that Trump privately pushes 16-week ban
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortion rights opponents and supporters seize on report that Trump privately pushes 16-week ban

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A major anti-abortion group is praising a published report that Donald Trump has privately told people he supports a national ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy, though his campaign denied the report and said the former president plans to “negotiate a deal” on abortion if elected to the White House again. Trump, the frontrunner to …

Democrats believe abortion will motivate voters in 2024. Will it be enough?
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Democrats believe abortion will motivate voters in 2024. Will it be enough?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — When Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said recently that he was “proud” to have a hand in overturning the abortion protections enshrined in Roe v. Wade, Democratic pollster Celinda Lake took it as a political gift, thinking to herself, “Oh my God, we just won the election.” It may not be that simple, but as the 2024 race …

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 …

Editorial: When will Republicans get the message that people want their abortion rights?
1 year, 5 months ago

Editorial: When will Republicans get the message that people want their abortion rights?

LA Times  

Here is the lesson from Tuesday’s special election in Ohio, where voters resoundingly defeated a ballot measure that would have made it more difficult to pass state constitutional amendments — notably the one enshrining abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution on the November ballot: People support abortion rights — and democracy. Why have Republican leaders failed to grasp that the …

Few US adults support full abortion bans, even in states that have them, an AP-NORC poll finds
1 year, 5 months ago

Few US adults support full abortion bans, even in states that have them, an AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press  

The majority of U.S. adults, including those living in states with the strictest limits on abortion, want it to be legal at least through the initial stages of pregnancy, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds. The poll finds that 1 in 10 Americans say they know someone who has either been unable to …

One year later, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on right to abortion is both scorned and praised
1 year, 6 months ago

One year later, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on right to abortion is both scorned and praised

The Hindu  

Activists and politicians are marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion with a range of reactions that vary from praise and protests. “I’m absolutely livid that people think that they can interfere with medical decisions between a woman and her doctor,” said Lynn Rust, of Silver Springs, Maryland, at a …

Anti-abortion laws threaten millions one year after Roe v Wade fell. The battle for access is far from over
1 year, 6 months ago

Anti-abortion laws threaten millions one year after Roe v Wade fell. The battle for access is far from over

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A decision from the US Supreme Court’s conservative …

Trust In Supreme Court Fell To Lowest Point In 50 Years After Abortion Decision, Poll Shows
1 year, 7 months ago

Trust In Supreme Court Fell To Lowest Point In 50 Years After Abortion Decision, Poll Shows

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The divide between Democrats and Republicans over support for abortion rights also was the largest ever in 2022, according to the General Social Survey. The long-running and widely respected survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago has been measuring confidence in the court since 1973, the same year that Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide. …

Trust in Supreme Court fell to lowest point in 50 years after abortion decision, poll shows
1 year, 7 months ago

Trust in Supreme Court fell to lowest point in 50 years after abortion decision, poll shows

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Confidence in the Supreme Court sank to its lowest point in at least 50 years in 2022 in the wake of the Dobbs decision that led to state bans and other restrictions on abortion, a major trends survey shows. The long-running and widely respected survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago has been measuring confidence in …

Poll: Two-thirds oppose banning medication abortion
1 year, 8 months ago

Poll: Two-thirds oppose banning medication abortion

NPR  

Poll: Two-thirds oppose banning medication abortion Enlarge this image toggle caption Allen G. Breed/AP Allen G. Breed/AP Strong majorities of Americans oppose laws banning medication abortion, disagree with judges overturning Food and Drug Administration approval of prescription drugs, don't have much confidence in the Supreme Court and don't think justices should serve lifetime appointments, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist …

RNC pushes for 'strongest' possible abortion restrictions despite voter backlash in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

RNC pushes for 'strongest' possible abortion restrictions despite voter backlash in 2022

Raw Story  

Voters across the United States in 2022 rejected Republican-backed efforts to restrict abortion access, in both purple states such as Michigan and even deep-red states such as Kansas. Specifically, the RNC passed a resolution calling on Republicans across the country to "pass the strongest pro-life legislation possible" in their states, including barring abortions for people who are just six weeks …

Republicans Still Pushing Abortion Bills After 2022 Midterm Flop
1 year, 11 months ago

Republicans Still Pushing Abortion Bills After 2022 Midterm Flop

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING House Republicans approved a pair of abortion bills this week, just a few months after their disappointing performance in the 2022 midterm elections that even some top Republicans like former President Donald Trump attributed to extreme abortion policies. It also follows last year’s Supreme Court decision repealing federal abortion rights, which played a huge role in boosting …

Democrats Embraced Abortion Rights Like Never Before — And It Paid Off
2 years, 1 month ago

Democrats Embraced Abortion Rights Like Never Before — And It Paid Off

Huff Post  

On the Friday before this year’s midterm elections, Carl Forti, the political director of the Senate Leadership Fund, was describing what his group — a super PAC allied closely with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that spent more than a quarter-billion dollars on the midterms — had seen after the Supreme Court issued a seismic decision overturning the right to …

Abortion wasn’t supposed to matter in the midterms. Republicans got a rude awakening
2 years, 2 months ago

Abortion wasn’t supposed to matter in the midterms. Republicans got a rude awakening

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I think we don’t know the …

Abortion rights advocates count ‘seismic’ victories in midterm elections across US
2 years, 2 months ago

Abortion rights advocates count ‘seismic’ victories in midterm elections across US

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. During a historic sweep of abortion rights referendums across the US in midterm elections, …

Tapping into ‘a simmering rage’: Democrats’ emphasis on abortion stopped GOP gains
2 years, 2 months ago

Tapping into ‘a simmering rage’: Democrats’ emphasis on abortion stopped GOP gains

LA Times  

This summer, in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, more than three-quarters of a million residents of Michigan signed petitions to put a measure on the ballot to add abortion rights to the state constitution. After the Supreme Court’s decision in the abortion case Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, “we saw increased self-report of …

Where abortion was on the ballot, midterm voters largely signaled support
2 years, 2 months ago

Where abortion was on the ballot, midterm voters largely signaled support

NPR  

Where abortion was on the ballot, midterm voters largely signaled support Enlarge this image toggle caption Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Voters in several states where abortion was on the ballot were generally favorable to abortion rights. This summer's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning decades of abortion-rights precedent left the issue of abortion rights to …

Don’t bail on abortion.
2 years, 2 months ago

Don’t bail on abortion.

Slate  

In his majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito noted that there was no place for abortion protections in the Constitution. With great satisfaction in the wake of this search, Alito determined conclusively that: “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.” As Jill …

How are new abortion laws affecting women in the United States?
2 years, 2 months ago

How are new abortion laws affecting women in the United States?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, October 12 at 19:30 GMT: It’s been more than 100 days since the United States Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion. This means almost one in three American women of reproductive age – disproportionally poorer women and those of colour – now live in a state with no abortion options, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Fearful …

Proposal to put abortion protections in California Constitution appears headed for victory
2 years, 4 months ago

Proposal to put abortion protections in California Constitution appears headed for victory

LA Times  

Hundreds of people rally in downtown Los Angeles in June to demonstrate opposition to the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade. Eight in 10 voters called abortion an important issue as they decide how to vote in congressional, state and local races this November, with 63% describing the issue as “very important.” Among Democrats, 77% said abortion is “very …

Post-Roe differences surface in GOP over new abortion rules
2 years, 4 months ago

Post-Roe differences surface in GOP over new abortion rules

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, Wisconsin’s 1849 law that bans the procedure except when a mother’s life is at risk became newly relevant. But only 16% of Republicans say abortion generally should be “illegal in all cases.” Most Republicans said their state should generally allow a pregnant …

Abortion rights victory gives Democrats new hope for midterms
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion rights victory gives Democrats new hope for midterms

CNN  

CNN — It isn’t often that Democrats look to deep-red Kansas for resounding affirmation. “As the first state to vote on abortion rights following the fall of Roe v. Wade, Kansas is a model for a path to restoring reproductive rights across the country through direct democracy,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund. “We already knew …

Op-Ed: Roe’s gone, but the abortion wars just keep escalating
2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Roe’s gone, but the abortion wars just keep escalating

LA Times  

Yard signs for and against the Kansas ballot measure that would amend the state Constitution so that legislators could further restrict or ban abortion. Abortion is legal in Kansas because the state Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that the Kansas Constitution protects every person’s right to personal autonomy, including the decision to terminate a pregnancy. We are just beginning to …

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% …

AP-NORC poll: Majority in US want legal abortion nationally
2 years, 5 months ago

AP-NORC poll: Majority in US want legal abortion nationally

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans say Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide, according to a new poll that finds over half say they feel at least somewhat “sad” or “angry” about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Blake Jones thinks six weeks “is far too early to be able to make …

Republicans claim the Supreme Court simply returned abortion laws to states. They’re pushing ‘fetal personhood’ in Congress
2 years, 5 months ago

Republicans claim the Supreme Court simply returned abortion laws to states. They’re pushing ‘fetal personhood’ in Congress

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Republican US Rep Fred Keller told the House Judiciary Committee that the Supreme Court’s …

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 …

Many abortion rights supporters are frustrated with Democrats
2 years, 6 months ago

Many abortion rights supporters are frustrated with Democrats

NPR  

Many abortion rights supporters are frustrated with Democrats Many who support abortion rights say they have already been voting and that Democrats haven't prioritized protecting abortion rights. Abortion rights supporters want the Senate to blow up the filibuster, but Democrats haven't unified behind that idea, and Biden hasn't pushed for it. KURTZLEBEN: With Roe overturned, Democratic candidates like Sarah Godlewski …

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 …

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