Majority of Americans Continue to Say Abortion Should Be Legal in All or Most Cases

Nearly four years after the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) overturned Roe v. Wade, a majority of Americans continue to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Now, with a patchwork of differing state laws in effect, perceptions of abortion access vary by where people reside.

A 60 percent majority of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. This share is down slightly from the last few years – when attention to the issue was heightened after the high court's Dobbs decision.

About half (51 percent) say it would be easy to get an abortion in the area where they live, while slightly fewer (45 percent) say it would be difficult. In recent years, the public has become more likely to say obtaining an abortion in their area would be difficult.

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