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Overwhelming support for abortion in pregnancy-related emergencies, poll finds :
Shots - Health News The majority of American voters, including Republicans,
support protecting access to abortion for women who are experiencing
pregnancy-related emergencies, such as miscarriages, a KFF poll finds.


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MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT ABORTION FOR PREGNANCY-RELATED EMERGENCIES

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Most Americans also say women should be allowed to travel for medical care –
including an abortion, a new KFF poll finds.

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In the almost two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the unintended
consequences of abortion bans have become clearer.

NPR has reported on women who were denied care for miscarriages and high-risk
pregnancies, including Jaci Statton of Oklahoma, who was told she had to wait in
a hospital parking lot until her non-viable pregnancy became life threatening.


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IN OKLAHOMA, A WOMAN WAS TOLD TO WAIT UNTIL SHE'S 'CRASHING' FOR ABORTION CARE


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HER MISCARRIAGE LEFT HER BLEEDING PROFUSELY. AN OHIO ER SENT HER HOME TO WAIT

Statton, who is in her 20s, says hospital staff told her, "We cannot touch you
unless you are crashing in front of us or your blood pressure goes so high that
you are fixing to have a heart attack."

Stories like this have increased awareness of how abortion bans are impacting
health care during pregnancy. That may be reflected in the results of a new poll
from the health research organization KFF, which finds there is a broad
consensus – 86% of Americans – that women in such pregnancy-related emergencies
should have access to abortion procedures.

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This support crosses party lines – including nearly 8 in 10 Republicans, says
KFF pollster Ashley Kirzinger.

"While they may be anti-abortion in most cases, they don't want to limit access
to basic medical care for these women who are really experiencing kind of the
worst-case scenarios," she says.

There is also strong support across party lines for allowing women to travel for
medical care – including getting an abortion. And the poll finds most people
don't want doctors who perform abortions – or women who have them – to face
criminal charges.

"We see 8 in 10 Democrats, two-thirds of Independents and about half of
Republicans who want to protect doctors who perform abortions from facing either
fines or prison time," Kirzinger says.

This includes protecting doctors who prescribe abortion pills — 62% of
respondents say health care providers should not be prosecuted for mailing
abortion pills to patients who live in states where abortion is banned.

When it comes to the 2024 election, the poll found that abortion is not the top
issue for most voters, although it does resonate strongly with certain groups.



Only 12% of all voters say it's the most important issue. But women of
reproductive age (18 to 49), Black women and women who live in states with
abortion bans were more likely to rank abortion as the most important issue
influencing their vote this November.


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WOMEN FIGHT ABORTION BANS IN 3 MORE STATES WITH LEGAL ACTIONS


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DENIED ABORTION FOR A DOOMED PREGNANCY, SHE TELLS TEXAS COURT: 'THERE WAS NO
MERCY'

Selena Simmons-Duffin contributed to this story. Jane Greenhalgh edited the
radio and digital versions of the story.

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