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(National Review<\/a>) Last month, the\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0released the\u00a0results<\/a>\u00a0of a new abortion poll which they conducted with the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). The spin is that there has been a substantial short-term gain in support for legal abortion in 2023. Indeed, the headline of the article about the poll states, \u201cSupport for Abortion Access is Near Record.\u201d However, a closer look at the actual survey results reveals a much different narrative.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the\u00a0WSJ<\/em>\u00a0article fails to mention that support for legal abortion slightly\u00a0decreased<\/em>\u00a0since May 2022 \u2014 the last time that the\u00a0WSJ<\/em>\u00a0and NORC polled people about abortion. The percentage of people who felt that a pregnant women should be able to obtain a legal abortion \u201cfor any reason\u201d fell from 57 percent to 55 percent between\u00a0May 2022<\/a>\u00a0and October 2023. In short, this poll shows the June 2022\u00a0Dobbs<\/em>\u00a0decision had very little impact on public attitudes toward abortion.<\/p>\n

READ: New Marist poll reveals nearly 80% of Americans oppose unrestricted abortion<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The article provides some evidence of a long-term gain in support for legal abortion. There may be less here than meets the eye though. The author obtains pre-2022 abortion-opinion data from the General Social Surveys (GSS) conducted by the NORC. However, the General Social Surveys are much longer and contain questions about a much wider range of topics than the recent\u00a0WSJ<\/em>\/NORC polls. Research shows that survey responses to abortion questions are very sensitive to a range of factors, including preceding questions. As such, comparing data from the recent\u00a0WSJ<\/em>\/NORC polls to data from older GSS polls may be misleading.<\/p>\n

Overall, many media outlets have tried to make the case that there has been a substantial gain in public support for legal abortion since the Supreme Court\u2019s\u00a0Dobbs<\/em>\u00a0decision. However, the data do not necessarily bear that out. The May 2023\u00a0Gallup<\/a>\u00a0poll actually found a five-percentage-point gain in pro-life sentiment since May 2022. The annual\u00a0Knights of Columbus\/Marist poll<\/a>\u00a0also found a great deal of stability in abortion attitudes since\u00a0Dobbs<\/em>. Pro-lifers have not enjoyed success with statewide direct democracy campaigns in the past year, but that does not appear be due to large shifts in public opinion.<\/p>\n

As always, pro-lifers would do well to stay the course.<\/p>\n

This article was originally published by National Review<\/a> and is reprinted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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(National Review) Last month, the\u00a0Wall Street Journal\u00a0released the\u00a0results\u00a0of a new abortion poll which they conducted with the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). The spin is that there has been a substantial short-term gain in support for legal abortion in 2023. 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