A new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the US are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations in which the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason.
With abortion rights poised to be one of the major issues in the 2024 election, the poll from AAPI Data and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that nearly 80% of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. They’re also supportive of federal government action to preserve abortion rights: three-quarters say Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortions nationwide.
By comparison, an AP-NORC poll conducted last June found that 64% of US respondents think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and about six in 10 overall say Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access.
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are more likely than Americans overall to identify as Democrats, which may partly explain why their levels of support for legal abortion are higher than among the general population. But even among Democrats, they are more supportive of legal abortion later in pregnancy. Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Democrats are especially likely to support legal abortion without any limits – more than half of this group say abortion should be legal in all cases, compared with 40% of Democrats overall.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Republicans are also more likely than Republicans overall to support a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide. More than half (57%) of these Republicans think abortion should be legal in at least some cases, compared with 38% of Republicans in general. About half (51%) of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Republicans also think Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide, while only 32% of…
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