LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — After a leaked Supreme Court draft showed that Roe v. Wade may be overturned in the near future, pro-choice advocates took to the streets in front of the Supreme Court, demanding that Roe remains settled law.
Despite the Supreme Court’s alleged move to overturn Roe, a 2020 AP VoteCast poll found that 69% of voters in the presidential election said the Supreme Court should leave the Roe v. Wade decision as is; just 29% said the court should overturn the decision.
That poll was national. What about Michiganders?
Polls dating back to September 2018 that were conducted by pollster Bernie Porn and EPIC-MRA have shown that the majority of Michiganders are consistently pro-choice and believe that women have the right to choose an abortion.
In every poll, between 50% and 58% of Michiganders described themselves as “pro-choice” and between 34% and 44% consider themselves “pro-life.” Between 5% and 10% didn’t give an opinion.
Respondents were asked:
“Do you think of yourself as pro-choice, meaning that you support allowing women to have the right to an abortion, or do you consider yourself pro-life, meaning that you oppose abortions, except when it is necessary to save the life of the mother?”
Here’s how they responded in each poll:
January 2022:
| 56% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 34% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 10% | Undecided/Refused |
August 2021:
| 55% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 38% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 7% | Undecided/Refused |
February 2021:
| 53% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 38% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 9% | Undecided/Refused |
October 2020:
| 51% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 43% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 6% | Undecided/Refused |
September 2020:
| 51% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 42% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 7% | Undecided/Refused |
July 2020:
| 55% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 39% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 6% | Undecided/Refused |
May/June 2020:
| 53% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 42% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 5% | Undecided/Refused |
August 2019:
| 54% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 40% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 6% | Undecided/Refused |
June 2019:
| 58% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 37% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 5% | Undecided/Refused |
March 2019:
| 50% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 44% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 6% | Undecided/Refused |
September and October 2018:
| 56% | 55% | Pro-choice – women have the right to an abortion |
| 36% | 39% | Pro-life – against abortions except to save life of mother |
| 8% | 6% | Undecided/Refused |
These polls are conducted statewide with a sample size of around 600 with a margin of error of plus or minus 4%.
—The Associated Press contributed to this report.
