What the data says about abortion in the U.S.
Posted on AllSides May 30th, 2022
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Pew Research Center
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Pew Research Center has conducted many surveys about abortion over the years, providing a lens into Americans’ views on whether the procedure should be legal, among a host of other questions. In our most recent survey, 61% of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal all or most of the time, while 37% say it should be illegal all or most of the time.
With the U.S. Supreme Court set to rule this year on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – a Mississippi abortion case that is a challenge to Roe v. Wade, the...