“Overturning Roe v. Wade Banned Abortion” [by Political Affiliation]

Most Democrats held false beliefs on this topic, with nearly two thirds (63.2%) telling us that Roe’s overturning banned abortion access. Only 36.8% of Democrats were accurate about the meaning of Roe’s overturning, compared to 55.2% Republicans.

“Overturning Roe v. Wade Banned Abortion” [by Political Affiliation]

Roe v. Wade’s overturning did not, in fact, mean that the United States Supreme Court banned abortion.

Overall, 44.7% of our sample believed that the overturning of Roe v. Wade banned abortion in the United States.

Most Democrats held false beliefs on this topic, with nearly two thirds (63.2%) telling us that Roe’s overturning banned abortion access. Only 36.8% of Democrats were accurate about the meaning of Roe’s overturning.

Republicans, on the other hand, were more evenly split, with just over half (55.2%) holding the accurate belief that Roe’s overturning did not ban abortion.