In a new survey, six in 10 Texas voters said they support abortion being 'available in all or most cases,' and many say abortion will be a motivating issue at the ballot box in November. | via NPR
Protesters hold signs as they march in opposition to the anti-abortion law SB 8 outside the Texas Capitol on May 29, 2021.
"We've known that politicians in Texas and across the country have been enacting harmful abortion bans. We've known that they've been out of step with what Texans want, and now we have the data to prove that," said Carisa Lopez, senior political director for the Texas Freedom Network, one of several reproductive rights groups that commissioned the poll., describes its mission as monitoring and fighting back against the religious right in Texas.decision was issued.
Pollster Tresa Undem said she believes the issue is likely to motivate turnout among supporters of abortion rights in states including Texas in November. Because of S.B. 8, Texas had provided an early example of the impact of restrictive abortions laws, months before the U.S. Supreme Court released its Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision overturning Roe v. Wade and other abortion-rights precedent.in anticipation of Supreme Court action — also took effect, making abortion completely illegal in Texas except to save a patient's life during a medical emergency.