A new poll Wednesday measured the highest support for abortion rights among U.S. adults in a quarter-century.
this survey has measured since 1995.
But in recent years support has surged to a relative high. 33 percent now believe that abortion should be legal in most circumstances and an additional 27 percent believe the procedure should be legal in all circumstances. In a surprising turn of expectations, Republican men were found to have substantial, and even majoritarian, support for abortion rights, more so than their female counterparts. Fifty-one percent of Republican men believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, compared with just 32 percent of Republican women. Democratic men and women support abortion access in roughly equal measure, though Democratic women are more apt to support abortion rights without exception.
The survey measured a stark generational divide for abortion access. While all age categories measured had majority support for abortion rights, the youngest group—respondents aged 18 to 29— thought abortion should be legal in all or most cases. The next age bracket, from the first age group up until the age of 40, conveyed 69-percent support. Adults over 40 supported abortion access at a much slimmer majority, 55 percent.
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