Abortion and women’s rights, priorities of the US government ahead of the November elections – El Financiero

A new survey found that a growing percentage of Americans mention the abortion or women’s rights as priorities for the government Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark Roe vs. Wade, especially among Democrats and those who support abortion access.

With the midterm elections just around the corner, President Joe Biden and the Democrats will seek to capitalize on that change.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in remarks just after the decision that “reproductive freedom is on the ballot in November,” but with widespread pessimism and the enormous crisis facing the nation, it is unclear. whether the ruling will succeed in motivating those voters or if it will simply disappoint them.

“It feels like a huge setback,” said Lauren Nelson, a 26-year-old San Diego resident who said she worried about the environment her little niece will grow up in. Nelson doesn’t think the midterm elections will change the course the issue has taken.

“You can’t help but feel a little helpless, like there’s not much to do,” she said.

The 22 percent of American adults mentioned abortion or women’s rights in an open-ended question as one of the five issues they would like the government to work on, according to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey. That percentage has more than doubled since Decemberwhen an AP-NORC survey revealed a notable increase in mentions of abortion from previous years, likely in anticipation of the Dobbs ruling on abortion.

The new survey, which included interviews conducted before and after the Supreme Court ruling, shows that the prioritization of issues rose sharply after the decision.