Views on Abortion Are Relatively Stable

While polls found some movement on abortion views after major national events, such as Barack Obama’s election and the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, public opinion has changed relatively little in the last three decades.

Sources: ABC News/Washington Post (1995–2005); AP/Ipsos (2006); Pew Research Center phone surveys (2007-July 2019); Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel (August 2019–2022) By The New York Times