Marcela Howell is the president and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Womens Reproductive Justice Agenda.
Margie Del Castillo is the director of field and advocacy at National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice.
Its a fair question.
If thisRoe v. Wadeconversation feels like deja vu, thats because it is.
Our public debate around abortion has largely remained the same for nearly five decades.
There is also a lot of variation in where people fall in the legal in most/some cases category.
Andrea Miller is the president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) and its Action Fund.
(None of these statements are true.)
The findings might challenge the stereotypes you may hold about how certain groups view this crucial reproductive justice issue.
Chelsea*, 28, saw her own abortion as the way to ensure a better future.
She decided to get an abortion when she was in college after being assaulted by her boyfriend.
But the support of older generations for legal abortion shouldnt be discounted.
Similarly, 73 percent of 30- to 49-year-olds think abortion should be legal in all or some circumstances.
Holly*, 58, is among the legal in some circumstances group.
Her views have only solidified now that she has grandchildren.
Twenty percent of men and 20 percent of women think abortion should be illegal in all circumstances.
Andrea Miller is the president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) and its Action Fund.
Data supports this assumption in many cases.
(Massachusetts has the highest amount of support for abortion at 74 percent.)
But others dont have the polling to support such measures.
More recent efforts to ban abortion after six weekswere found unconstitutional in January 2019.
However, the assumption that Catholic inherently means anti-abortion is untrue.
These data are not surprising to Miller.
Holly says she has struggled to reconcile her religious beliefs with her support of abortion.
But she says the extremism of the anti-abortion movementwhich includes many prominent evangelical leadershas only solidified her convictions.
Race and ethnicity lend some additional nuance to how religion impacts a persons opinion on abortion.
Its exactly the opposite, she says.
How far does support for abortion go, and what does support actually look like?
Anti-abortion rights rhetoric and misinformation has seeped into mainstream understanding of abortion.
These responses seem to show that anti-abortion rights rhetoric and misinformation have seeped into mainstream understanding of abortion.
There are also limits to how far most Americans are willing to go to regulate abortion.
How will our views on abortion impact the election?
Whether those kinds of inequities can be addressed or not does depend on the views of policymakers in Congress.
As well as, of course, who sits in the White House.
As for how abortion specifically will shape peoples votes… that obviously remains to be seen.
I think that people in this country are very concerned about access to reproductive health care, says Fey.
People in this country are very concerned about access to reproductive health care.
[Abortion] is definitely one of several factors that I personally consider, says Massey.
For me, having my granddaughters, [abortion is] a high priority.
Its not the highest, but its definitely a high priority, adds Holly.
Chelsea says shell likely sit out this election cycle.
I wish we had better choices.
But theres so much more you’re free to do to protect abortion rights beyond casting your ballot.
(Both bills have been stalled since 2019.)
People dont realize how important communicating with your elected officials is, says Fey.
Options include theNational internet of Abortion Funds,The Brigid Alliance, and Power to DecidesBCBenefits Access Fund.
Theres certainly a lot at stake with this electionincluding what feels like the soul of this very nation.
*Name has been changed or withheld for privacy reasons.
With reporting byKara Brown,Erin Bunch, andKells McPhillips.
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