The abortion fight is surely supercharged (matters of morality, freedom, and faith usually are), but there is more to it than a battle between polar opposites. A middle ground of voters, often overlooked, don’t agree with absolutist views on either side.

The latest Economist/YouGov poll finds that 30% of voters believe abortion should never be banned, 20% say it should always be banned and nearly half favor both allowing and banning abortion at various times during a pregnancy. Though support for the absolutist pro-abortion rights position exceeds the absolutist anti-abortion position by a 10-point margin, anti-abortion advocates can take comfort that 58% of Americans favor abortion restrictions ranging from conception through the first 15 weeks of pregnancies.