ON ABORTION ACCESS, EXTREME MAGA AGENDA IS DEEPLY OUT OF STEP WITH AMERICANS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2022
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ON ABORTION ACCESS, EXTREME MAGA AGENDA IS DEEPLY OUT OF STEP WITH AMERICANS

WSJ: “Upholding Roe v. Wade Is Supported by Most Americans, WSJ Poll Finds”

Navigator: “Americans Are Overwhelmingly Pro-Choice”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New polling underscores yet again how out of touch the MAGA party is with most Americans on abortion. While ultra-MAGA politicians want to criminalize those who seek and provide abortions, pushing nationwide bans on all abortion without exceptions for rape or incest, the majority of Americans oppose these extreme measures and believe the decision to get an abortion should be between a person and their doctor. President Biden and Vice President Harris stand with Americans in support of abortion and the fundamental rights protected by Roe v. Wade.

The MAGA party’s agenda is out of step with the American people, who overwhelmingly support upholding Roe v. Wade:

  • Navigator Research: “Americans Are Overwhelmingly Pro-Choice” with:
    • 81% of Democrats identifying as pro-choice
    • 53% of Independents identifying as pro-choice
    • 44% of Republicans identifying as pro-choice
    • 73% of Black Americans identifying as pro-choice
    • 63% of Latinos identifying as pro-choice
    • 66% of AAPI Americans identifying as pro-choice
  • Navigator Research: The vast majority of Americans find Republican efforts to ban and criminalize abortion – without exceptions for rape, incest, or when a mother’s life is at risk – concerning, including:
    • 92% of Democrats
    • 71% of Independents
    • 57% of Republicans

The MAGA party continues to push extreme measures that would ban abortion nationwide without exceptions for rape or incest and punish patients and providers: 

  • Politifact: “Do Republicans want to throw doctors who break abortion laws in jail? Their plans say yes”
  • The Atlantic: “The GOP’s Strange Turn Against Rape Exceptions”
  • Insider: “Republican senators won’t say if they support rape and incest exceptions to abortion bans: ‘Come back and see me after the Supreme Court rules’”
  • ​​POLITICO: “Abortion bans set to take effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned could mean lengthy prison sentences for people who have an abortion, the physicians who perform them or those who help people access the procedure.”
  • Vanity Fair: “Mitch McConnell Acknowledges Nationwide Ban is ‘Possible’ If Roe is Overturned”

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