Right to abortion: Americans' opinion on the overturning of the Roe v. Wade ruling guaranteeing the right to abortion by gender 2022| ��ƽ��

Share of the U.S. population that disapproved of the Supreme Court's overturning of the Roe v. Wade ruling, which guaranteed the right to abortion based on gender in the United States in 2022

Characteristic	Approve	Disapprove
Men	40%	58%
Women	27%	71%
Average	33%	65%

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

July 7 - 17, 2022

Number of respondents

1,847 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

* The question was asked by the source as follows: "Do you approve or disapprove of the Supreme Court's overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision?"
The Roe v. Wade decision allowed voluntary termination of pregnancy to be guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution through the right to privacy since 1973.
The margin of sampling error including the design effect for the full sample is plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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Two-thirds of the American population disapprove of the Supreme Court's decision that overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling and gave each U.S. state the ability to determine the legality of abortion. The Roe v. Wade ruling had allowed voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) to be guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution through the right to privacy since 1973. Gender plays an important role in attitudes toward this legal reversal, with 71 percent of women disapproving of the Supreme Court's decision, while only 58 percent of men disapprove.