AUSTIN, Texas — About 6 out of 10 Texans oppose ideas for continuing a crackdown on abortion with additional laws that would criminalize use of an “abortion pill” obtained out of state and classify a Texan’s decision to have an abortion as homicide, a new poll has found.
By 56%-31%, state registered voters believe that most Texas women who want an abortion still will be able to obtain one by traveling out of state, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston.
A bare majority of Texans supports letting in-state organizations raise money to fund trips by pregnant women out of state to obtain an abortion — 51% would allow it, while 37% favor making such financial contributions illegal.
