Editing Roe v. Wade (section)

=== Opinion polls ===
{{see also|Abortion in the United States#Public opinion}}
Into the 21st century, polls of Americans' opinions about abortion indicated they are about equally divided. Several organizations, among them [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx | title=Gallup: Abortion | publisher=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup]]| date=January 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>Saad, Lydia. [http://www.gallup.com/poll/118399/More-Americans-Pro-Life-Than-Pro-Choice-First-Time.aspx More Americans "Pro-Life" Than "Pro-Choice" for First Time], Gallup (May 15, 2009).</ref> [[Pew Research Center]],<ref>[http://people-press.org/report/513/ "Public Takes Conservative Turn on Gun Control, Abortion Americans Now Divided Over Both Issues"], [[Pew Research Center]] (April 30, 2009).</ref> and [[Harris Insights & Analytics]],<ref name="Lowest">Harris Interactive, (November 9, 2007). "[https://theharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Harris-Interactive-Poll-Research-Abortion-2007-11.pdf Support for Roe v. Wade Increases Significantly, Reaches Highest Level in Nine Years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101172407/http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=830 |date=January 1, 2008 }}." Retrieved December 14, 2007.</ref><ref>Harris Interactive. [https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-harris0503.html 'U.S. Attitudes Toward Roe v. Wade".] ''The Wall Street Journal Online'', (May 4, 2006). Retrieved February 3, 2007.</ref> conduct abortion or ''Roe v. Wade''-related polls. Regarding the ''Roe'' decision as a whole, more Americans supported it than supported overturning it.<ref name="Angus">[https://eppc.org/docLib/20070514_Quests_in_Roe_Memo.pdf Results on ''Roe v. Wade''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013001848/http://www.angus-reid.com/uppdf/Ayres.pdf |date=October 13, 2008 }} via [[Angus Reid Global Monitor]] (2007).</ref> In the 2000s, when pollsters describe various regulations that ''Roe'' prevented legislatures from enacting, support for ''Roe'' dropped.<ref name="Angus" /><ref>Gallagher, Maggie. [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/05/prolife_voters_are_crucial_com.html "Pro-Life Voters are Crucial Component of Electability"], Realclearpolitics.com (May 23, 2007).</ref>

Into the 2010s, poll results relating to abortion indicated nuance and frequently do not directly match up with respondents' self-identified political affiliations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Analysis {{!}} How America feels about abortion|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/04/24/how-america-feels-about-abortion/|access-date=April 25, 2017|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> In 2021, an [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]/''[[Washington Post]]'' poll found that 58% of those with children living at home wanted to see ''Roe v. Wade'' upheld, compared to 62% of those without children at home. An [[All in Together]] poll found that only 36% with children living in their house opposed the [[Texas Heartbeat Act]], compared to 54.9% without children.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/11/30/how-americans-really-feel-about-abortion-the-sometimes-surprising-poll-results-as-supreme-court-weighs-overturning-roe-v-wade/?sh=26013cb736c9 How Americans Really Feel About Abortion: The Sometimes Surprising Poll Results As Supreme Court Weighs Overturning Roe V. Wade] by Alison Durkee, ''Forbes'', November 30, 2021</ref> After the Supreme Court's decision in June 2022 to overturn ''Roe v. Wade'', a new [[CBC News]]/[[YouGov]] poll showed 59% disapprove of the decision, and of women polled, 67% disapprove. According to the same poll, 52% of the participants called the court's decision a "step backward" for America, 31% said it is a "step forward", and 17% say it was neither.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pandey |first=Erica |date=2022-06-26 |title=Poll: Majority of Americans disapprove of overturning Roe v. Wade |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/06/26/cbs-poll-americans-roe-v-wade-abortion-rights |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Axios}}</ref> A January 2023 [[Gallup poll]] found that nearly 7 in 10 Americans disapprove of the country's abortion policies, the highest rate in 23 years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Melillo |first1=Gianna |date=2023 |title=Americans' dissatisfaction with US abortion policies hits all-time high |agency=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/accessibility/3852554-americans-dissatisfaction-with-us-abortion-policies-hits-all-time-high/}}</ref>