{"id":3741,"date":"2026-06-17T18:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:06:46","slug":"americans-view-on-abortion-relatively-unchanged-new-poll-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=3741","title":{"rendered":"Americans\u2019 view on abortion relatively unchanged, new poll shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3740\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b2a14908c40156e169a8f796e6abf43f.webp\" width=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b2a14908c40156e169a8f796e6abf43f.webp 764w, https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b2a14908c40156e169a8f796e6abf43f-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/figure>\n <span>article<\/span><\/div> <div><div><p><span>National Library of Medicine<\/span> <!-- --><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><\/div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p>Americans\u2019 feelings on abortion have held pretty steady over the past four years since the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a new Gallup poll.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=3738\">Floyd Mayweather facing felony charges for passing bad checks<\/a><\/p> <p>The backstory:<\/p> <!-- --><p>In the landmark case\u00a0<i>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/i>, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a right to abortion. The decision overturned\u00a0<i>Roe v. Wade<\/i> (1973) and\u00a0<i>Planned Parenthood v. Casey<\/i> (1992), returning authority over abortion laws to individual states.<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Gallup\u2019s May 1\u201317 Values and Beliefs poll had 48% of Americans saying they would prefer abortion to be legalized in all (33%) or most (15%) circumstances. On the other hand, 49% would like to see it illegal (17%) or legal in only a few circumstances (32%). While far different than 25 years ago, those numbers have generally been the same since 2022.<\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong>Abortion laws by state<\/strong><\/p> <!-- --><h2>Americans\u2019 views on legality of abortion<\/h2> <!-- --><div> <iframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-v-57eb5ac0=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/e14aedca-096f-45e2-b8e6-c23c111004b8??src=embed\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe> <!-- --><\/div> <!-- --><p>In the above poll, there was a large partisan difference between those saying abortion should be legal in all or most circumstances, with 75% of democrats in favor versus only 15% of Republicans agreeing.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong>Abortion pill by mail allowed to continue as judge rejects bid<\/strong><\/p> <!-- --><h2>Position on morality of abortion<\/h2> <!-- --><p>The percentages of the American view on the morality of abortion also remained consistent with the 2022 numbers, with 49% saying abortion is morally accepted and 41% saying it is morally wrong.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=3735\">Rapper Vanilla Ice surprises Florida deputy at awards ceremony<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><div> <iframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-v-57eb5ac0=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/8f32af1a-0f75-4bff-a346-a30ce39a0d4b??src=embed\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe> <!-- --><\/div> <!-- --><p>There again were party differences in Americans\u2019 attitudes, as well as gender differences in regard to the morality of abortion. More women said its morally acceptable versus men, 56% to 39%. Politically, it was 73% to 18% in favor of Democrats who agreed.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><h2>Pro-life or pro-choice<\/h2> <!-- --><p>In the days following the Dobbs ruling, the number of Americans who identified as pro-choice held a majority over their pro-life counterparts for the first time in nearly two decades. But since then, numbers have not changed much, with 53% being pro-choice and 42% who call themselves pro-life.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><div> <iframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-v-57eb5ac0=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/689929ac-01da-41c9-8f7e-0e4d2a0c593e??src=embed\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe> <!-- --><\/div> <!-- --><p>Politically, four out of five democrats say they\u2019re pro-choice. 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