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CES support or opposition to always allowing a woman to obtain an abortion as a matter of choice, with essentially identical wording in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 (the 2024 version adds 'the right to').
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Latest: 60% answered “Support” in CES: Always allow abortion as a matter of choice, 2024.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| CES: Always allow abortion as a matter of choice | Always allow abortion as a matter of choice Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Always allow a woman to obtain an abortion as a matter of choice] Caveat: Question stem is truncated in the archive, but the item and scale are the same. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Always allow abortion as a matter of choice | Always allow abortion as a matter of choice On the topic of abortion, do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Always allow a woman to obtain an abortion as a matter of choice] Caveat: Same item and scale as the reference. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Always allow abortion as a matter of choice | Always allow abortion as a matter of choice On the topic of abortion, do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Always allow a woman to obtain an abortion as a matter of choice] Caveat: Same item and scale; asked after the Dobbs decision. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Always allow abortion as a matter of choice | Always allow abortion as a matter of choice On the topic of abortion, do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Always allow a woman the right to obtain an abortion as a matter of choice] Caveat: Wording adds 'the right to'; this may slightly raise support. | equivalent | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |