US politics live updates: Most adults support legal abortion three years after Roe overturn, new poll finds
Date: 2025-07-24T12:06:10.000Z
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Content: About two-thirds of US adults think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, new AP polls finds
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Thu 24 Jul 2025 13.53 CEST
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Good morning, and welcome to the US politics blog.
Today we're kicking off with the findings of a new poll: three years after the US supreme court opened the door to state abortion bans, most adults continue to say abortion should be legal — views that look similar to before the landmark ruling.
The new findings from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll show that about two-thirds of US adults think abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
About half believe abortion should be available in their state if someone does not want to be pregnant for any reason. That level of support for abortion is down slightly from what an AP-NORC poll showed last year, when it seemed that support for legal abortion might be rising.
Other things to note in US politics today:
, an agreement meant to bring a resolution to the threat of massive funding cuts to the school.
Donald Trump's effort to repeal birthright citizenship has hit another a stumbling block, with a federal appeals court in San Francisco declaring the president's attempt unconstitutional.
South Park kicked off its 27th season with a blistering episode taking aim at Trump.
Trump is expected to heap further pressure on Jerome Powell later today when he makes a visit to the Federal Reserve's Washington offices.
Trump is also expected to sign more executive orders this afternoon. It's unclear the subject matter, though yesterday he went after 'woke' AI models.
Stick with us today as we bring you all the US politics news to come.
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The Guardian has been keeping up with the changing abortion laws across the US since Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022.
You can see the latest state-by-state breakdown here:
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Here's more context from the Associated Press on its new poll about abortion:
The June 2022 supreme court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade and opened the door to state bans on abortion led to major policy changes.
Most states have either moved to protect abortion access or restrict it. Twelve are now enforcing bans on abortion at every stage of pregnancy, and four more do so after about six weeks' gestation, which is often before women realize they're pregnant.
In the aftermath of the ruling, AP-NORC polling suggested that support for legal abortion access might be increasing.
Last year, an AP-NORC poll conducted in June found that 7 in 10 US adults said it should be available in all or most cases, up slightly from 65% in May 2022, just before the decision that overruled the constitutional right to abortion, and 57% in June 2021.
The new poll is closer to Americans' views before the supreme court ruled. Now, 64% of adults support legal abortion in most or all cases. More than half the adults in states with the most stringent bans are in that group.
Similarly, about half now say abortion should be available in their state when someone doesn't want to continue their pregnancy for any reason — about the same as in June 2021 but down from about 6 in 10 who said that in 2024.
Adults in the strictest states are just as likely as others to say abortion should be available in their state to women who want to end pregnancies for any reason.
Democrats support abortion access far more than Republicans do. Support for legal abortion has dropped slightly among members of both parties since June 2024, but nearly 9 in 10 Democrats and roughly 4 in 10 Republicans say abortion should be legal in at least most instances.
1.45pm CEST
13:45
Good morning, and welcome to the US politics blog.
Today we're kicking off with the findings of a new poll: three years after the US supreme court opened the door to state abortion bans, most adults continue to say abortion should be legal — views that look similar to before the landmark ruling.
The new findings from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll show that about two-thirds of US adults think abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
About half believe abortion should be available in their state if someone does not want to be pregnant for any reason. That level of support for abortion is down slightly from what an AP-NORC poll showed last year, when it seemed that support for legal abortion might be rising.
Other things to note in US politics today:
, an agreement meant to bring a resolution to the threat of massive funding cuts to the school.
Donald Trump's effort to repeal birthright citizenship has hit another a stumbling block, with a federal appeals court in San Francisco declaring the president's attempt unconstitutional.
South Park kicked off its 27th season with a blistering episode taking aim at Trump.
Trump is expected to heap further pressure on Jerome Powell later today when he makes a visit to the Federal Reserve's Washington offices.
Trump is also expected to sign more executive orders this afternoon. It's unclear the subject matter, though yesterday he went after 'woke' AI models.
Stick with us today as we bring you all the US politics news to come.
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