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Alito Relishes International Backlash Over Roe’s Demise
INSIDE: Mnuchin ... Matt Schlapp ... Durbin
07.29.22 | 7:54 am
Trying To Slice Abortions From Health Care Spits In The Face Of 50 Years Of Medical Progress
The Supreme Court has not just turned back the clock on reproductive health. It’s done something worse. And we’re already seeing the impact.
07.28.22 | 7:00 am
Supreme Court Quietly Greenlights Further Chipping Away Of Executive Branch Power
The order is the first to involve Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who dissented.
07.22.22 | 2:04 pm
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Evangelical Leader Brags About Secretly Praying With SCOTUS Justices
INSIDE: Bye Bye Boris ... Cipollone ... McConnell
07.07.22 | 8:19 am
Where Things Stand: Even In States Scrambling To Ban Abortion, A Majority Don’t Agree With SCOTUS
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07.06.22 | 6:43 pm

The results of Pew Research Center’s first poll on abortion since Roe was overturned came out today, revealing, unsurprisingly, that the majority of Americans do not agree with the Supreme Court’s decision to tear down the landmark case, which found abortion to be a constitutional right in the U.S. nearly 50 years ago.

The percentage of Americans who don’t support the death of Roe hasn’t shifted much since Pew conducted its last poll on the issue — 62 percent, overall, said abortion should be legal in most or all cases.

But interestingly, a slim majority disagree with the Supreme Court even in the states that have outlawed abortion in recent days and in states where lawmakers are scrambling to pass new restrictions and bans in the wake of Roe’s demise.

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