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Majority of Americans Maintain Support for Abortion Rights, Poll Finds

The poll confirms broad support for medical exceptions alongside legal safeguards for telehealth, interstate abortion services.

FILE - Anti-abortion activists rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Anti-abortion protesters rally outside of the Supreme Court, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
FILE - Abortion-rights activists demonstrate against the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade that established a constitutional right to abortion, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - Abortion rights activists and Women's March leaders protest as part of a national day of strike actions outside the Supreme Court, June 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Overview

  • Sixty-four percent of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, matching levels before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
  • About half of respondents believe their state should allow abortion for any reason, indicating stable on-demand backing despite recent declines.
  • At least eight in 10 support abortion access in cases of fetal abnormality, serious health risk to the mother, or pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.
  • Support remains deeply divided by party, with nearly 90 percent of Democrats and roughly 40 percent of Republicans favoring legal abortion in most instances.
  • Just over half back legal measures to protect patients traveling across state lines for abortion and to shield telehealth providers from fines or imprisonment.