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Agreed it is a poor bell whether. But: > Women are more likely than men to be opposed to abortion rights Where is that coming from? Pew (https://www.pewresea
by usaar333 2y ago
Agreed it is a poor bell whether.
But:
> Women are more likely than men to be opposed to abortion rights
Where is that coming from? Pew (https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opini...) has a 5 point higher opposition rate by men.
- whimsicalism 2y agoGenerally it seems from polls I had seen that the % of women favoring illegality is higher than men [0][1]. But it seems that there has been a considerable shift in women's opinions post-pandemic which perhaps tracks in the US with broader gender partisan shifts (men & women becoming politically delinked, perhaps due to algo social media/tiktok) as well as Dobbs being a wakeup call for some women. [0]: https://news.gallup.com/poll/245618/abortion-trends-gender.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/245618/abortion-trends-gender.a... [1]: https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/a0c0uf8c2g/YouGov-Survey-University-of-Lancaster-Results-130130.pdf https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/docume... (older but it was a poll i remembered)
- usaar333 2y agoYour second poll is from the UK. :) Interesting find on Gallup. My read is that the genders are broadly similar, but women have more variance/more nuanced opinions, presumably from thinking about this more. Yglesias has a good overview: https://www.vox.com/2019/5/20/18629644/abortion-gender-gap-public-opinion https://www.vox.com/2019/5/20/18629644/abortion-gender-gap-p...