Abortions Policy Preference [by Accuracy on Effects of Overturning Roe v. Wade]

Those who believed abortion should be legal up to the second trimester were the most accurate, with 55.8% of these people understanding—correctly—that Roe v. Wade being overturned did not ban abortion access.

Abortions Policy Preference [by Accuracy on Effects of Overturning Roe v. Wade]

Our results revealed that those who believed abortion should be outlawed entirely were also the most inaccurate about the meaning of Roe v. Wade being overturned (i.e., they were more likely to believe that the overturning banned abortion access).

On the other hand, those who believed abortion should be legal up to the second trimester were the most accurate group, with 55.8% of these people understanding—correctly—that Roe v. Wade being overturned did not ban abortion access.