The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn a half-century of abortion rights is likely to drive more Michigan voters to the polls in November as they consider where candidates stand on the controversial issue and weigh enshrining a right to abortion in the state constitution.
About 58% of Michigan voters said they opposed the June 24 U.S. Supreme Court order overturning Roe v. Wade, with 52% strongly opposing the ruling to move abortion rights decisions back to the states, according to a July 5-8 poll of 600 likely general election voters. The poll, commissioned by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4), has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
About 86% of respondents said a candidate's position on Roe would be important in deciding their vote compared with 13% who said it would not be important, according to the poll. About 57% said a candidate's position on abortion would be very important.
