.MaddowBlog: Roe v. Wade may be in trouble, but its support remains strong.
Last summer, about a month after Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, a reporter asked Donald Trump whether he could understand why American women are concerned about the future of the Roe v. Wade precedent.
As the Republican saw it, Americans are evenly divided on the legal right to an abortion. Half the country is satisfied now, the argument goes, but if the high court’s five-member conservative majority overturns Roe, the other half will be pleased. Two-thirds of Americans want Roe v. Wade left in place, and most who hold that view would be disappointed or angry if the ruling were to be overturned someday, a new CBS News poll finds. Recent state laws restricting abortions have prompted speculation over whether the Supreme Court might one day revisit the decision.
Not surprisingly, there was a partisan gap – Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say the Supreme Court should leave the status quo in place – though it’s worth emphasizing that the CBS News poll found that nearly half of Republicans also do not want to see the Roe precedent struck down.
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