U.S. belief that abortion should be illegal in all cases 2010-2023, by party
From 2010 to 2023, the share of Americans who believed that abortion should be illegal in all cases in the United States dropped from 15 percent to nine percent. Similarly, the share of Americans belonging to the Democratic Party, the Independent Party, and the Republican Party who thought abortion should be illegal in all cases also declined within the provided time period. While Republicans were most likely to agree that abortion should be illegal in all cases, totaling 22 percent in 2010, only 15 percent still shared this belief by 2023.