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Legality of Abortion Demographic Tables
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Legality of Abortion Demographic Tables

The following tables provide the demographic breakdown of Americans' broad views about the legality of abortion. The results are based on ºÚÁÏÍø's Values and Beliefs poll, conducted each May.

  • The first table displays each group's views on whether abortion should be "legal under any circumstances," "legal only under certain circumstances" or "illegal in all circumstances."
  • The second table details these views further according to a follow-up question asked of those who say abortion should be legal only under certain circumstances. This specifies whether they think abortion should be legal "in most circumstances" or "only in a few circumstances."
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ºÚÁÏÍø measures Americans' attitudes on abortion each May as part of its Values and Beliefs poll -- one of 12 surveys that make up the .

The full trend on this question among U.S. adults is available on the ºÚÁÏÍø Abortion A-Z page.

Explore ºÚÁÏÍø's curated archive of data and analysis on abortion on the Abortion Topics page.

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