CES support or opposition to prohibiting the expenditure of federally authorized or appropriated funds for any abortion, asked in 2018, 2020, and 2022.
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Latest: 43% answered “Support” in CES: Prohibit federal funds for any abortion, 2022.
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: Prohibit federal funds for any abortion | Prohibit federal funds for any abortion Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Prohibit the expenditure of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law for any abortion.] Caveat: Wording truncated in the archive, but the scale is the same; 2018 introduction slightly differs. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Prohibit federal funds for any abortion | Prohibit federal funds for any abortion On the topic of abortion, do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Prohibit the expenditure of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law for any abortion.] Caveat: Wording truncated in the archive; same support/oppose scale. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Prohibit federal funds for any abortion | Prohibit federal funds for any abortion On the topic of abortion, do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Prohibit the expenditure of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law for any abortion.] Caveat: Full wording shown; same support/oppose scale. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |