{"id":245620,"date":"2021-05-20T09:28:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=245620"},"modified":"2021-05-19T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:17:27","slug":"americans-really-support-roe-v-wade-answer-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/americans-really-support-roe-v-wade-answer-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Americans really support Roe v. Wade? The answer is complex."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Virtually the moment the Supreme Court announced that it would consider<\/span> Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0regarding a Mississippi law seeking to ban abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy after 15 weeks,\u00a0news agencies like<\/span> CNN<\/span><\/a> began to discuss the complexion of America\u2019s thoughts on abortion. \u201cMost Americans want to see the Supreme Court uphold Roe v. Wade, polling shows,\u201d announced one headline. It\u2019s a veritable certainty this headline is merely the first of many similar ones to come from mainstream media.<\/span><\/p>\n

But there is a wealth of qualifying information relevant to those headlines, and most of the corresponding articles will only mention it as an obscure footnote, if they mention it at all \u2014\u00a0leading their readers to believe they reside among a decidedly pro-abortion populace.<\/span><\/p>\n

But<\/span> they don\u2019t<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is a conundrum in public polling on abortion: A solid majority of Americans say they support Roe and that it should not be overturned. But a majority also say they support restrictions that Roe probably does not allow. https:\/\/t.co\/SgZQCC5s75<\/a><\/p>\n

— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n