{"id":253734,"date":"2021-09-21T06:43:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T11:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=253734"},"modified":"2022-05-25T12:40:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:40:38","slug":"polling-public-support-abortion-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/polling-public-support-abortion-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent polling suggests that public support for abortion hasn’t increased since Texas Heartbeat Act"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(National Review<\/a>) The enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act, which protects preborn children after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, has led to pollsters focusing more than usual on life issues in recent weeks. Earlier this week, Quinnipiac University released the results of a new survey with several questions about abortion.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, both Quinnipiac and media outlets have attempted to spin the results to argue that the new heartbeat bill in Texas has led to rising support for legal abortion. In their release summarizing\u00a0the poll results<\/a>, Quinnipiac\u2019s pollsters say that support for abortion is at one of the \u201chighest levels\u201d since the group started polling on abortion in 2004.\u00a0Forbes<\/em>\u00a0published\u00a0an article<\/a>\u00a0on the poll, saying it demonstrates a \u201csurge\u201d in support for abortion.<\/p>\n

But a closer look at the poll suggests that public opinion on abortion hasn\u2019t changed much at all in recent weeks. The survey found that 62 percent of Americans think abortion should be legal in \u201call\u201d or \u201cmost\u201d cases. This is nearly identical to the average of eight previous Quinnipiac polls asking this question, dating back to 2016. Similarly, the latest Quinnipiac poll found that 67 percent of Americans say they agree with the decision in\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/em>\u00a0The previous eight Quinnipiac polls found that an average of 66 percent of Americans say they support\u00a0Roe<\/em>. In short, this poll\u2019s results are broadly consistent with the results of earlier Quinnipiac polls and don\u2019t reflect a substantial shift in public attitudes.<\/p>\n

There was one interesting finding in the latest Quinnipiac poll that has gotten little attention: There\u2019s relatively little support for congressional action to keep abortion legal. The poll found that only 43 percent of Americans say they support Congress passing a law to \u201cprotect access to abortion in the United States.\u201d Meanwhile, 52 percent said Congress should either pass a law to \u201crestrict [abortion] access\u201d or \u201cleave abortion access up to the states.\u201d This suggests that efforts by House Democrats to pass the Women\u2019s Health Protection Act of 2021, sponsored by Congresswoman Judy Chu (D., Calif.) might actually be politically harmful to Democrats.<\/p>\n

READ:<\/strong> Rasmussen poll: More Americans support Texas Heartbeat Act than oppose it<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The enforcement of the Texas heartbeat bill and the upcoming oral arguments in\u00a0Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>\u00a0have brought abortion into the spotlight in the last few months of 2021. Legal-abortion supporters and their media allies are likely to continue spinning polls to argue that the pro-life position is losing ground, but pro-lifers should not be discouraged. Plenty of research indicates that public attitudes toward abortion have remained stable over the past several years. Furthermore,\u00a0a recent poll<\/a>\u00a0by Rasmussen shows that the Texas heartbeat bill enjoys plurality support nationwide, and polls conducted in\u00a0Texas<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Missouri<\/a>\u00a0also have found that heartbeat bills enjoy public support. As always, pro-lifers would do well to stay the course.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: This article was published at National Review<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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