57%
Percentage of U.S. adults who disapprove of the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, including 43% who strongly disapprove. Most Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents disapprove (82%). That’s in sharp contrast to Republicans, 70% of whom approve (including 48% who strongly approve) of the decision. Roe had provided women the constitutional right to an abortion, but the new decision allows each state to decide whether to restrict or ban the practice.
62%
Percentage of women overall who disapprove of the decision to end the federal right to an abortion, as was upheld in Roe. More than twice the number of women strongly disapprove of the decision (47%) than strongly approve of it (21%). In terms of political affiliation, 63% of Republican women and 76% of Republican men approve of the decision, while 83% of Democratic men and 81% of Democratic women disapprove.
71%
Percentage of White evangelical Protestants who approve of the decision, including 54% who strongly approve. By contrast, only 47% of White Protestants who are not evangelical approve, while 52% disapprove. Among other religious groups, most Black Protestants (68%) disapprove, 48% strongly disapprove, and 29% approve of the decision, while 48% of Catholics approve and 51% disapprove of the decision.
70%
Percentage of adults ages 18 to 29 who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, compared with 64% of those 30 to 49 and 57% of those 50 and older. The vast majority of Americans with postgraduate degrees—72%—say abortion should be legal in at least most cases, which was also the case for most religiously unaffiliated adults (77%). In terms of ethnicity, 72% of Asian American adults disapprove of the high court’s decision, compared with 67% of Black adults, 56% of Hispanic adults, and 55% of White adults.
