What do Millennials and Gen Zers Believe about Abortion?
Vinea Research and YouGov conducted a survey for Students for Life with 1,216 Millennials and Gen-Z (ages 18-41 years old at the time of the survey) registered to vote.
The survey sought to answer these questions:
Where along the abortion acceptance spectrum do people place themselves?
Do people believe there should be limits on abortion?
Do people believe abortions should be prohibited at any developmental milestone or fetal age?
Do they believe Roe should be codified? Do they support or oppose the outcomes associated with Roe?
What are the views on some legislation-related topics?
What are views on some details related to the abortion pills?
MILLENNIAL AND GEN Z BELIEFS ABOUT ABORTION
Preliminary results suggest that this age group predominantly:
believes abortion is an important issue when voting
supports some level of access to abortion, but with significant reservations
is not fully informed on current abortion laws
support holding abortion providers to certain standards to protect the health of women
The survey results indicate that abortion is an important issue for many younger adults when it comes to voting.
MILLENNIAL AND GEN Z BELIEFS ABOUT access TO ABORTION
The research identified that the majority of Millennials and Gen Z support some level of access to abortion during at least some stage of pregnancy.
However, the research indicates complex views, as much of the data shows that Millennials and Gen Z have significant reservations about abortion.
MILLENNIAL AND GEN Z BELIEFS ABOUT “CODIFYING ROE”
Survey takers were asked “Do you support or oppose taking the abortion provisions that existed under Roe. v. Wade and turning them into a federal law? This is referred to as “codifying Roe.”
Then, survey takers were then asked if they supported each of the following laws:
Allowing abortions to occur through all 9 months of pregnancy
Allowing abortion to be funded, in part, by taxpayers
Allowing abortions for any reason (e.g., medical, financial, preference, convenience)
Preventing states from enforcing health and safety standards for abortion providers to follow
After responding to each of these points, they were asked “Assuming the points in the prior question were all part of Roe v Wade, do you support or oppose ‘codifying Roe’”. This time, the number supporting codifying Roe dropped significantly. The number of people who selected “strongly support” was nearly cut in half, and the number who opposed it more than doubled. This indicates that young adults are not informed on the full implications on codifying Roe. When informed of the ramifications, more Millennials and Gen-Z oppose it than support it.
MILLENNIAL AND GEN Z BELIEFS ABOUT STANDARDS FOR ABORTION PROVIDERS
The great majority of those surveyed indicate that they believe that abortion providers should be held to certain standards to protect the health of women.
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