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The Guardian - US
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Carter Sherman

US support for abortion rights up four points to 60% since fall of Roe v Wade

Woman holds 'Keep abortion legal' banner
An abortion rights protester in Houston. Photograph: Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters

In the two years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, leading to abortion bans across many parts of the south and midwest, abortion rights have only grown more popular, new polling from Pew research Center has found.

A majority of Americans has long supported abortion rights. But more than 60% of Americans now believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases – a four percentage-point jump from 2021, the year before Roe fell.

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