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BlueWaveNeverEnd

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Wed Aug 14, 2024, 06:27 PM Aug 2024

new survey out today: "Political parties are divided on abortion rights. American women aren't."

Political parties are divided on abortion rights. American women aren’t.
A new survey from KFF, a health policy research nonprofit, finds that bans are widely unpopular, and most women support national abortion protections.


Most women between the ages of 18 and 49 support a national right to abortion, oppose a national ban on the procedure, and don’t believe abortion rights should be left up to individual states, according to a new survey from KFF, a nonprofit health policy research, polling and news organization.

Majorities of Democratic and independent women oppose restrictions and support a law enshrining a national abortion right, the poll found; so do almost half of all Republican women.

The survey was fielded from May 15 to June 18, looking at a nationally representative sample of 3,901 people ages 18 to 49 who identified as women, trans, nonbinary or another gender. It found that almost 1 in 10 either struggled to get an abortion after Roe v. Wade’s overturn or knew someone who had. Almost two-thirds said they feared abortion bans could jeopardize the health of their own future pregnancy or that of someone close to them — including almost 40 percent of Republican respondents.

“Across the board, people are really concerned about the impact of abortion restrictions and abortion bans on people’s health and on safety,” said Usha Ranji, associate director for Women’s Health Policy at KFF.

The findings underscore that, while the major political parties remain divided on abortion, American women — and especially those considered to be of reproductive age — are fairly aligned.


They largely oppose the two stances backed by members of the Republican Party: the proposed 15-week ban some politicians have touted, as well as former President Donald Trump’s current stance of leaving abortion policy mostly up to individual states. And they support Vice President Kamala Harris’ preference of enacting national abortion rights protections.

https://19thnews.org/2024/08/women-views-abortion-rights-survey/
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new survey out today: "Political parties are divided on abortion rights. American women aren't." (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2024 OP
Roevember is almost here! anciano Aug 2024 #1
I wonder how many wives/partners of DT supporters who voice support for DT. . . pat_k Aug 2024 #2

pat_k

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2. I wonder how many wives/partners of DT supporters who voice support for DT. . .
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 06:38 PM
Aug 2024

. . . will privately cast their vote for Harris?

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