[Hoot Gibson]

88%  of Americans believe that abortion should be legal in at least SOME cases.   61% believe that it should be legal in ALL or MOST cases.  Only 12% believe that it should be illegal in ALL cases.

In addition ,   a significant percentage of the population agrees with Democrats' views on abortion more than they do Republicans' views(42% to 32%).  Even among this 42-32 divide, the support of Republicans' views is softer with only 21% of the 32% siding with Republicans saying they "strongly" agree with Republicans. On the other hand, 28% of the 42%  siding with Democrats say they "strongly" agree with Democrats.  24% didn't express agreement with either party.   Interestingly,   12%  of all Republicans agree with Democrats' views on abortion more than they do with those of their own party. 

The will is just not there among the American public to overturn Roe v. Wade .


*  All data above obtained from the The Pew Research Center poll ( 7/22 - 8/4  ,  2019)

Poll results can be manipulated through phrasing of the questions. There is no way that a majority of Americans support partial birth abortions if the procedure is explained to them. People will answer survey questions that they do not understand to avoid being seen as ignorant and millions of Americans are extremely ignorant on a wide variety of topics. Pew is known to have a liberal bias but survey results are often driven by the results that the customer wants to see. Most people will never take time to read the internal details of surveys, which are just as important as the language used to report the results.