Most California Voters Support Limits on Abortion
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Survey of 1006 California
Likely Voters
August 10-11th,
2022
How would you rate the job Joe
Biden has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?
30%
strongly approve
23%
somewhat approve
11%
somewhat disapprove
34%
strongly disapprove
2%
not sure
How would you rate the job Gavin
Newsome has been doing as Governor?
28%
strongly approve
26%
somewhat approve
11%
somewhat disapprove
33%
strongly disapprove
2%
not sure
Generally speaking, on
the issue of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
62% pro-choice
31% pro-life
7%
not sure
The Supreme Court recently overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade
decision, so that each state can now determine its own laws regarding abortion.
Do you approve or disapprove of the court overturning Roe v. Wade?
28%
strongly approve
17%
somewhat approve
9%
somewhat disapprove
43%
strongly disapprove
4%
not sure
Do
you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or
strongly disapprove of the use of taxpayer money to perform abortions?
25%
strongly approve
26%
somewhat approve
15%
somewhat disapprove
28%
strongly disapprove
6%
not sure
13* Should abortion laws be determined
by state governments or by the federal government?
44%
state government
43%
federal government
13% not sure
Do you think abortions
after a fetal heartbeat develops should be legal under any circumstances, legal
only under certain circumstances, or illegal in all circumstances?
36%
legal under any circumstances
48%
legal only under certain circumstances
10%
illegal in all circumstances
6%
not sure
Do you think abortions
after a fetus could survive outside the mother should be legal under any
circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances, or illegal in all
circumstances?
20%
legal under any circumstances
42%
legal only under certain circumstances
31%
illegal in all circumstances
7%
not sure
Do you think abortions
after a fetus has a developed nervous system and can feel pain should be legal
under any circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances, or illegal in
all circumstances?
24%
legal under any circumstances
40%
legal only under certain circumstances
29%
illegal in all circumstances
7%
not sure
Do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or
strongly disapprove of the sale of fetal tissue like limbs and organs after an
abortion?
18%
strongly approve
19%
somewhat approve
15%
somewhat disapprove
34%
strongly disapprove
13%
not sure
Some states have limits on how
late in a woman’s pregnancy an abortion can legally be performed. Should
abortion be legal up to the first month of pregnancy, legal up to three months
of a pregnancy, legal up to six months of a pregnancy, or legal at any time
during a pregnancy before the moment of birth? Or should all abortions be
illegal?
19% abortion should be legal up to the first month
of a pregnancy
32% legal up to three months of a pregnancy
14% legal up to six months of a pregnancy
13% legal at any time during pregnancy up to
the moment of birth
14% abortions should be illegal
9% not sure
At what point in a pregnancy does
a fetus have a right to life? At conception, at 3 months, at 6 months, or at
birth?
27% at conception
21% 3 months
15% 6 months
25% at birth
12% not sure
In deciding how you vote in elections, how important is a candidate’s
position on abortion?
52% very important
26% somewhat important
14% not very important
3% not at all important
4% not sure
Should a woman have a legal right to unrestricted abortion at any
stage of pregnancy, including up until birth, for any reason?
37% yes
48% no
15% not sure
How
closely have you been following recent news about California’s Proposition 1?
15% very closely
24% somewhat closely
29% not very closely
21% not at all closely
10% not sure
Do you support or oppose California’s
Proposition 1 which states:
The state shall not deny or interfere with an
individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate
decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an
abortion…
19% somewhat support
10% somewhat oppose
17% strongly oppose
7% not sure
If California’s Proposition 1 omitted the
right to have an abortion in the third trimester, would you be much more
likely, somewhat more likely, somewhat less likely, or much less likely to support
it?
16% much more likely
29% somewhat more likely
14% somewhat less likely
16% much less likely
24% not sure
Are California’s abortion laws
more restrictive, less restrictive, or about the same as the rest of the
country?
9% more restrictive
69% less restrictive
11% about the same
10% not sure
California currently allows
late-term abortions. Are California’s
abortion laws extreme?
38% yes
48% no
15%
not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
