Abortion Access Views Vary by Location, But Overall Support on the Rise: Polls

A new survey by Pew Research Center shows that while overall public support for legal abortion remains largely unchanged, a growing share of Americans living in states where abortion is prohibited say abortions are hard to obtain in their local area. The survey finds that Americans are also more likely to say it should be easier to obtain an abortion than they were in 2019. These changes come at a time when Americans’ views on whether abortion should be legal overall are nearly identical to what they were following the Dobbs ruling last June.