Thinking about access to abortions, what comes closest to your opinion on what state governments should do?

Thinking about access to abortions, what comes closest to your opinion on what state governments should do? Published on March 3, 2016 → Survey conducted on March 3, 2016 on 2615 U.S. adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

State governments should neither help nor hinder abortion clinics

55%

State governments should do what they can to legally shut abortion clinics

27%

Not sure

18%

State governments should neither help nor hinder abortion clinics

55%

State governments should do what they can to legally shut abortion clinics

27%

Not sure

18%

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