The latest news from Kansas was a shock to many in America who thought they understood the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case and what might happen in its aftermath. As was true of the Dobbs case itself, and how most Americans processed—and are still processing—it. That includes people on the left and right, those against abortion and those for abortion rights, and the vast majority of Americans who care about the issue but refuse to be reduced to a simple “for” or against” binary. Like all things in life, but especially abortion , it’s more complicated than that. And for a simple reason: There isn’t just one life in the balance but two. Don’t believe me. Let’s look at Gallup’s 2022 polling on the subject, because the numbers tell a heck of a story. When Americans were asked if they thought abortions should be legal only under certain circumstances, the number was 50 percent. Those who thought abortion should be legal under any circumstances accounted for 35 percent, and 13 percent thought abortion should be illegal in all circumstances. Women polled by Gallup didn’t deviate much from those numbers, trailing by 1 to 2 percentage points. Then the… Read full this story
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