issue · polls
Abortion in the US (public opinion)
Issue ranking
weekly waves · 138 readings since 1975#IssueShareNowΔ 4 weeks agoTrend
1Legal
60%—
2Legal only under certain circumstances
48%—
3Pro-choice
46%−0.3
4Illegal
38%—
5Legal under any circumstances
33%—
6Pro-life
33%—
7Legal in all cases
30%+0.9
8Legal in most cases
29%−0.9
9Illegal in most cases
28%—
10Illegal in all circumstances
17%—
11Both
15%+0.3
12Illegal in all cases
9%—
13Something else
4%—
14Unsure
3%+0.2
Who's divided
24pp
Party divides Americans most on this topic.
Independent 28% legal in all cases · Republican 4% · widest spread of any dimension
Dimension
0% legal in all casesPOP AVG 30%100%
Spreadparty
2 subgroups
Republican 4
Independent 28
24pp
gender
2 subgroups
Male 22
Female 38
16pp
race
4 subgroups
White 27
Black or African-American 43
Hispanic/Latino 33
Other 37
16pp
age
4 subgroups
18-34 38
35-49 34
50-64 25
65+ 24
14pp
education
3 subgroups
Non-College Graduate 28
College Graduate 34
Postgraduate 37
9pp
The party gap over time
Independent28%Republican4%LEGAL % BY SUBGROUP
What's changed
1975
Earliest Gallup reading after Roe
80%
1992
Casey reaffirms Roe
61%
2009
Pew low point — 47% legal
52%
2022
Dobbs overturns Roe
61%
2026
Today
61%
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