Poll: Overwhelming Majority Favors Upholding Roe

 

From the new Washington Post-ABC News poll:

Americans say by a roughly 2-to-1 margin that the Supreme Court should uphold its landmark abortion decision in Roe v. Wade, and by a similar margin the public opposes a Texas law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

The lopsided support for maintaining abortion rights protections comes as the court considers cases challenging its long-term precedents, including Dec. 1 arguments over a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

The Post-ABC poll finds 27 percent of Americans say the court should overturn Roe, while 60 percent say it should be upheld, attitudes that are consistent in polls dating to 2005. More broadly, three-quarters of Americans say abortion access should be left to women and their doctors, while 20 percent say they should be regulated by law.

While Americans have long supported limiting access to abortion after the first trimester of pregnancy, the poll suggests Americans widely oppose recent efforts in conservative-leaning states to enforce more severe restrictions.

The Supreme Court's six right-wing Catholic Republican majority will be playing with fire should it weaken or overturn Roe.  It's been the law of the land for nearly 50 years (reaffirmed in 1992 in Planned Parenthood v. Casey).  We'll soon see if precedent only applies for these "conservatives" when it suits their politico- religious beliefs.