Availability of Abortion (June 2019)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Never permitted | 15% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 31% |
| Must cleearly establish need | 13% |
| Should be personal choice | 37% |
| Don't know | 5% |
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| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 9% | 14% | 21% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 11% | 36% | 47% |
| Must clearly establish need | 12% | 9% | 15% |
| Should be personal choice | 65% | 35% | 13% |
| Don't know | 3% | 5% | 5% |
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| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 8% | 6% | 11% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 8% | 16% | 10% |
| Must clearly establish need | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| Should be personal choice | 71% | 63% | 63% |
| Don't know | 2% | 2% | 4% |
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| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 16% | 9% | 28% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 53% | 40% | 46% |
| Must clearly establish need | 13% | 19% | 14% |
| Should be personal choice | 12% | 24% | 10% |
| Don't know | 6% | 7% | 2% |
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| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 7% | 9% | 23% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 9% | 25% | 48% |
| Must clearly establish need | 12% | 12% | 14% |
| Should be personal choice | 69% | 44% | 12% |
| Don't know | 3% | 9% | 4% |
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| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 4% | 5% | 13% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 13% | 9% | 6% |
| Must clearly establish need | 20% | 12% | 5% |
| Should be personal choice | 63% | 70% | 71% |
| Don't know | 0% | 3% | 5% |
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| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 7% | 18% | 38% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 48% | 50% | 45% |
| Must clearly establish need | 22% | 16% | 7% |
| Should be personal choice | 19% | 12% | 7% |
| Don't know | 5% | 4% | 3% |
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| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 16% | 16% | 13% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 34% | 21% | 29% |
| Must clearly establish need | 12% | 8% | 16% |
| Should be personal choice | 34% | 46% | 37% |
| Don't know | 3% | 10% | 5% |
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| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 14% | 16% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 37% | 26% |
| Must clearly establish need | 13% | 13% |
| Should be personal choice | 30% | 42% |
| Don't know | 6% | 4% |
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| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 17% | 13% | 17% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 25% | 32% | 38% |
| Must clearly establish need | 11% | 15% | 11% |
| Should be personal choice | 42% | 37% | 29% |
| Don't know | 5% | 4% | 5% |
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| category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 16% | 16% | 13% | 17% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 29% | 26% | 30% | 39% |
| Must clearly establish need | 15% | 12% | 13% | 12% |
| Should be personal choice | 34% | 40% | 39% | 30% |
| Don't know | 6% | 5% | 5% | 2% |
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| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 15% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 31% | 29% | 35% | 37% | 29% | 27% |
| Must clearly establish need | 14% | 11% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 16% |
| Should be personal choice | 34% | 36% | 31% | 28% | 44% | 41% |
| Don't know | 6% | 8% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 2% |
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| category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 27% | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 37% | 37% | 29% | 7% |
| Must clearly establish need | 11% | 18% | 16% | 7% |
| Should be personal choice | 19% | 34% | 51% | 78% |
| Don't know | 6% | 4% | 1% | 4% |
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| category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never permitted | 31% | 11% | 2% |
| Only if rape/incest/danger | 37% | 42% | 9% |
| Only for established reason | 11% | 17% | 8% |
| Matter of personal choice | 14% | 26% | 80% |
| Don't know | 6% | 4% | 1% |
