LIFESITE NEWS – Support for abortion has increased among Democrats and decreased among Republicans since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, with Republicans hitting a record high of 78% identifying as pro-life, according to a Gallup analysis published June 9.
The analysis discovered that Democrats had become more supportive of abortion in the years leading up to the Dobbs decision, but support for legal abortion spiked — jumping 13 points to 82% — in 2022 shortly after the draft was leaked.
In 2025, 81% of Democrats said they thought abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 83% considered themselves pro-abortion.
Among Republicans, however, support for legal abortion only rose two points to 25% after the leak, but then dropped suddenly to 16% in 2023.
In 2025, only 20% said that abortion should be legal in all or most circumstances.
According to Gallup, Democrats are also overwhelmingly more likely than Republicans to say that abortion is morally acceptable (78% vs 20%) …
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