Line graph. Republicans' views on the legality of abortion (should it be legal under any circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances, or illegal in all circumstances?), trend from 1975 to 2023. Currently, 66% of Republicans say abortion should be legal only under certain circumstances, while 24% say it should be illegal in all circumstances and 8% say it should be legal under any circumstances. The "legal only under certain" view has been the majority view throughout the trend, with a low of 51% (in 1993) saying this, along with a high of 67% in 2022. Views throughout the trend have been mostly in the 50% range, with occasional increases into the 60% range, including in 1979, 1997, and 2000 (63% each) and 2004 (65%). The "illegal in all" view started the trend in second place (25% in 1975), but after that, it moved into third place through the mid-1990s, with no more than 21% holding this view. Since 2000, it has returned to second place, with higher percentages in the 20% to mid-30% range (as high as 35% in 2009 and 33% in 2014) having this view. In 2019, 32% said "illegal in all" was their view, but that dropped to 22% in 2022 before rising to the current 24%. The "legal under any" view started below 20% (18% in 1975) before rising into the 20% range through the mid-1990s (as high as 29% in 1990), but it fell back to 14% in 2001 and has been mostly in the low double digits (10%-13%) since then. The current 8% reading is the trend low.