Five Facts about the Abortion Debate in America

Sharing core norms and values
Jun 22, 2019 | Pew Research Center, Michale Lipka, John Gramlich

The law enacted by the State of Alabama banning abortions, has been described as the most restrictive in the U.S., and several other states  have passed restrictions on abortion, inviting the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its forty-year old ruling in .Roe v. Wade. About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58 percent) said in 2018 that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, compared with 37 percent who said that it should be illegal all or most of the time. Public opinion on this question has been relatively stable over more than two decades, with little difference between the views of men and women. In this article for the Pew Research Center, Michale Lipka and John Gramlich clarify citizens’ views on the topic
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/06/facts-about-abortion-debate-in-america/

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