Poll: 64 percent of Americans want Roe v. Wade to stand

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Nearly two-thirds of Americans do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned, according to a new poll.

Sixty-four percent of those surveyed said the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide should stand, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. That is up 11 percentage points from 53 percent in 2012.

The Roe v. Wade decision made its way back into the news after the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy – which gave President Donald Trump the opportunity to nominate a new justice.

Trump said on the campaign trail that he would nominate only judges who oppose abortion rights. On Monday, he nominated D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who has, over a decade, favored compromise for cases on abortion and Obamacare.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/12/roe-v-wade-gallup-poll-714978

Don't ever let anybody tell you we aren't the majority.

[riversedge]

1. So so so much is at stake for all of us. so so so much.

[lame54]

2. 64% of Americans are out of luck...

They might have a say in a real democracy

[0rganism]

3. maybe next time we can get 100% of that 64% to vote

or maybe they just don't care that much
welcome to the Republic of Putin-Gilead everyone!

[karynnj]

4. What would be interesting, but far more expensive, is this information by state

That would be useful to determine if there are enough states where there is a majority to enable a long term strategy of passing legislation codifying Roe vs Wade if it is jeopordized by the Supreme Court. If the court overturns Roe vs Wade, this may be the only way to get a national right to abortion again. It likely could only happen under a Democrat.

Here is a link to pollingreport.com on abortion. http://pollingreport.com/abortion.htm Note that in many repeated long term polls, the percent of people who would favor abortion being "not permitted" is consistently in the low 20s. This would suggest that overturning Roe vs Wade would change what the status quo is in some states. There certainly has to be some legislation that could be similar to the provisions of Roe vs Wade - negotiated to get enough votes and signed by a Democratic President

[Vinca]

5. It doesn't matter because the crazies are in charge.