One month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a series of Texas abortion safety laws known as HB2, a Knights of Columbus/Marist poll was released affirming that Americans support abortion regulations. This is especially true of millennials.
According to the poll, 39 percent of millennials identify as pro-life, while 54 percent identify as pro-choice. Although many millennials don’t identify with the pro-life label, many still support regulating the procedure, as a recent poll from Students for Life of America similarly showed.
Regulations which the court struck down, including requiring that abortion providers have admitting privileges and that abortion clinics be held to the same standards as other outpatient surgery centers, enjoyed strong support.
Seventy-seven percent of millennials said they either “strongly support” (27%) or “support” (50%) admitting privileges. A whopping 84 percent said they either “strongly support” (43%) or “support” (41%) clinic standards, making them the most supportive of the regulation.
As was the case in a January poll conducted by Knights of Columbus/Marist, a plurality of the demographic, at 34 percent, said that “abortion should be allowed only in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.”
While the Democratic Party platform calls for taxpayer funded abortions, 58 percent of millennials are either “opposed” (38%) or “strongly opposed” (20%). The demographic also favors conscience protections for doctors and nurses who are morally opposed to abortion. Fifty-two percent said that these providers should not be legally required to perform an abortion or provide insurance coverage.
