Majority of Americans Want Strict Limits on Abortion

Majority of Americans Want Strict Limits on Abortion

(Austin, TX—May 18, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted May 6th through May 8th of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.

“The left is pulling out all the stops in an attempt to create the perception that a majority of Americans support unrestricted abortion,” said Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States Action. “But as these numbers show, American voters–including more than a third of Democrats–have paid attention to the science of fetal development, and support a variety of restrictions on abortion.”
For complete details on the poll, including graphics, please visit:

https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/national-issues-abortion-legal-0511/ 

KEY INSIGHT: Majority of Voters Want Strict Limits on When Abortion Should be Legal:

• 57.6 percent of American voters believe that abortion should only be legal in specific circumstances:
• • 24 percent say illegal except in the case of rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
  • 13.9 percent say illegal except in the case of the mother.
  • 19.7 percent say illegal after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

• 30.8 percent of American voters believe that abortion should be legal in the first and second trimesters.

• 11.6 percent of American voters believe that abortion should be legal up until the moment of birth, including partial birth.

KEY INSIGHT: Majority of Independents Join Republicans in Wanting Strict Limits on Abortion, Over 1/3 of Democrats Also Want Strict Limits:

• 54.6 percent of Independent voters believe that abortion should only be legal in specific circumstances:
• • 21.6 percent say illegal except in the case of rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
  • 15.1 percent say illegal except in the case of the mother.
  • 17.9 percent say illegal after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

• 33.8 percent of Independent voters believe that abortion should be legal in the first and second trimesters, and 11.5 percent believe abortion should be legal up until the moment of birth, including partial birth.

• 81.5 percent of Republican voters believe that abortion should only be legal in specific circumstances:
• • 35.7 percent say illegal except in the case of rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
  • 23.1 percent say illegal except in the case of the mother.
  • 22.7 percent say illegal after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

• 14 percent of Republican voters believe that abortion should be legal in the first and second trimesters, and 4.5 percent believe abortion should be legal up until the moment of birth, including partial birth.

• 35.9 percent of Democrat voters believe that abortion should only be legal in specific circumstances:
• • 14.2 percent say illegal except in the case of rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
  • 3.5 percent say illegal except in the case of the mother.
  • 18.2 percent say illegal after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

• 45.3 percent of Democrat voters believe that abortion should be legal in the first and second trimesters, and 18.8 percent believe abortion should be legal up until the moment of birth, including partial birth.