Availability of Abortion (October 2018)
category | Total |
---|---|
Never permitted | 15% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 29% |
Must clearly establish need | 12% |
Should be personal choice | 39% |
Don't know | 5% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 6% | 3% | 25% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 16% | 17% | 43% |
Must clearly establish need | 10% | 13% | 14% |
Should be personal choice | 64% | 61% | 15% |
Don't know | 4% | 6% | 4% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 3% | 4% | 8% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 14% | 19% | 16% |
Must clearly establish need | 7% | 14% | 10% |
Should be personal choice | 73% | 57% | 63% |
Don't know | 3% | 6% | 3% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 20% | 18% | 30% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 45% | 33% | 45% |
Must clearly establish need | 13% | 15% | 14% |
Should be personal choice | 18% | 29% | 8% |
Don't know | 4% | 6% | 4% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 5% | 6% | 23% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 10% | 25% | 43% |
Must clearly establish need | 10% | 13% | 13% |
Should be personal choice | 73% | 47% | 17% |
Don't know | 2% | 10% | 4% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 6% | 6% | 5% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 18% | 6% | 7% |
Must clearly establish need | 9% | 11% | 11% |
Should be personal choice | 65% | 75% | 76% |
Don't know | 2% | 2% | 2% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 6% | 17% | 34% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 50% | 45% | 40% |
Must clearly establish need | 10% | 19% | 10% |
Should be personal choice | 32% | 15% | 12% |
Don't know | 3% | 5% | 4% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 6% | 21% | 24% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 15% | 42% | 41% |
Must clearly establish need | 11% | 14% | 14% |
Should be personal choice | 66% | 17% | 18% |
Don't know | 3% | 5% | 2% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 16% | 10% | 14% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 31% | 23% | 27% |
Must clearly establish need | 12% | 10% | 13% |
Should be personal choice | 37% | 46% | 42% |
Don't know | 4% | 12% | 4% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Never permitted | 14% | 15% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 32% | 26% |
Must clearly establish need | 12% | 12% |
Should be personal choice | 36% | 42% |
Don't know | 5% | 5% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 12% | 15% | 18% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 24% | 30% | 34% |
Must clearly establish need | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Should be personal choice | 46% | 38% | 31% |
Don't know | 3% | 5% | 7% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 8% | 17% | 17% | 13% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 28% | 23% | 29% | 38% |
Must clearly establish need | 12% | 11% | 12% | 14% |
Should be personal choice | 49% | 40% | 38% | 32% |
Don't know | 3% | 9% | 5% | 3% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 20% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 19% | 13% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 30% | 31% | 27% | 35% | 27% | 30% |
Must clearly establish need | 16% | 10% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 11% |
Should be personal choice | 30% | 38% | 42% | 42% | 36% | 45% |
Don't know | 3% | 7% | 6% | 1% | 5% | 1% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Never permitted | 27% | 8% | 0% | 4% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 38% | 29% | 24% | 11% |
Must clearly establish need | 13% | 11% | 11% | 13% |
Should be personal choice | 18% | 45% | 59% | 69% |
Don't know | 5% | 6% | 6% | 3% |
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% | 1% |
Only in cases of rape/incest/danger | 37% | 37% | 10% |
Must clearly establish need | 12% | 15% | 9% |
Should be personal choice | 14% | 34% | 77% |
Don't know | 6% | 3% | 3% |