62% of Americans say Roe v. Wade, which established the right to an abortion, should be left as is

Roe v. Wade established the right to an abortion in 1973, but the Supreme Court could revisit that decision soon.
62% of Americans say Roe v. Wade should be left as is, while 31% say it should be revisited.
The Monmouth University poll also found that just 33% think abortion should always be legal.
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Over 6 in 10 Americans say that the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision - which granted Americans the right to seek an abortion under the Due Process Clause of the 14th amendment to the US Constitution - should not be revisited and should be left as is.

That's according to a new Monmouth University poll that found 62% of Americans in favor of preserving the rule, while 31% said it should be revisited.

But the poll shows a deep partisan divide on the issue; 51% of Republicans say Roe v. Wade should be revisited, while 78% of Democrats and 66% of independents said it should be left as is.

The poll also revealed a range of preferences among Americans on the legality of abortion: 33% of Americans said it should always be legal, while 29% said it should be "legal with limitations." Another 24% said abortion should be illegal except in cases of rape, incest, or where the life of the mother is threatened, while 11% said it should always be illegal.

Again, the poll shows partisan disparities on the question: 50% of Republicans said abortion should be illegal with exceptions, while over 54% of Democrats said abortion should always be legal.

The poll comes following a high-profile Supreme Court ruling in which the court declined to block a controversial Texas "heartbeat" abortion ban from taking effect, leading some to suspect the court could soon overturn Roe v. Wade.

The Monmouth University poll, conducted by telephone from September 9 through 13, included 802 adults nationwide and had a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

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