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Paul K. Ogden's avatar

There are plenty of women who don't support your position on abortion. Men, in fact, are more supportive of abortion rights than women.

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Jennifer A's avatar

Citation please. Because otherwise I'm going to say you pulled that just directly out of your ass. Gallup polling in 2022 finds pro choice adults overall =55%, women =61%, adults under 35 = 67%. It's hard to find another issue that gets over 60% in politics, so my point stands.

Also: "support for abortion being legal under any or most circumstances jumped among Democrats, jumping from 69% to 82%, and among adults aged 18 to 34, rising from 52% to 63%. It's higher among women (59%) than men (45%)."

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/03/1102872199/gallup-poll-pro-choice-roe-v-wade-supreme-court

So, you are categorically wrong. Not with the idea that some women don't share my opinion (it's likely a driving reason there are ANY Republican women voters), but with the idea that men are more supportive. But nice try!

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rlritt's avatar

Not only that. The woman I know who are most angry are middle class white Republican woman. They believe it is the worst government intrusion into their lives.

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rlritt's avatar

You cannot be more wrong. There are woman who fought for Roe vs Wade and its being overturned has turned them rabid. Woman young and old are furious that lawmakers can take away a right (even if they never exercise it) that belongs solely to them.

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Micah Grossman's avatar

This gets forgotten all the time because it runs counter to the battle of the sexes narrative that engulfs this topic

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Jennifer A's avatar

It is also not true. Not sure where y'all are sourcing this nonsense POV.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/245618/abortion-trends-gender.aspx

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Micah Grossman's avatar

Must have been an older study. I just checked Pew Center and they're showing pretty close tracking between men and women by age cohort from a report in April.

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Jennifer A's avatar

Still 64% support by women and 60% men, which is a heartening increase in male support. But in no way shape or form is "men, in fact, are more supportive of abortion rights than women" true.

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Still Trying's avatar

I have seen some numbers in the past that have more antichoice women than men, too, ,I don't think it was ever a huge lead. Still, it's a point that tends to get lost; and it's partly because of the optics of a bunch of old, white men making stupid laws that ignore medical facts. The antichoice women are less visible, but they're there in big numbers.

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