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AEI PUBLIC OPINION STUDIES Attitudes About Abortion A COMPREHENS I V E R E V I E W O F P O L L S F R OM THE 1970 S TO TO DAY Compiled by Karlyn Bowman, Distinguished Senior Fellow, AEI and Samantha Goldstein, Research Assistant, AEI N OVEMBER 202 1 A M E R I C A N E N T E R P R I S E I N S T I T U T E Contents INTRODUCTION 2 ABORTION AS A MORAL ISSUE, ABORTION AS MURDER 3 WOMAN’S CHOICE 8 UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES? 10 RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION 27 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE 33 ABORTION AS AN ELECTION ISSUE 38 ELECTION YEAR POLLS 42 VOTERS’ VIEWS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ABORTION 52 VOTERS’ VIEWS ON LEGALITY 54 MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM 55 PRO-CHOICE OR PRO-LIFE? 56 SUPREME COURT NOMINEES 58 STATE LAWS ON ABORTION 69 MISCELLANEOUS 73 NOTE TO READERS: The public opinion team at AEI published its first compilation of polls on abortion in the 1980s. We have updated the work a handful of times since, as pamphlets or special reports. We thought it was important to update the work again now because of the attention to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organi- zation—the Mississippi abortion case that the Supreme Court will consider this term. © 2021 by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. All rights reserved. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) educational organization and does not take institutional positions on any issues. The views expressed here are those of the author(s). 1 ATTITUDES ABOUT ABORTION AEI PUBLIC OPINION STUDIES INTRODUCTION: Since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Roe v. Wade in 1973, pollsters have asked hundreds of questions about abortion. This AEI Public Opinion Study brings