(Washington, D.C.): Nearly four years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, a new Americans United for Life (AUL)/YouGov poll shows Americans overwhelmingly value women’s safety and right to informed consent, while public support for in-person dispensing requirements falls short:
- 86% of Americans believe patients should receive informed consent before being prescribed mifepristone (the abortion pill).
- Patient safety should be prioritized over ease of access in deciding how the abortion pill should be dispensed, according to 68% of Americans.
- Only four in ten Americans believe it should be legal to ship the abortion pill across state lines, including into states where abortion is restricted.
Americans remain divided on their views on the abortion pill, where only 47% support allowing mifepristone in the United States as a prescription drug and only 64% had heard of mifepristone (or medication abortion) before being polled.
The poll of 1,000 Americans nationwide was conducted by YouGov for AUL and has a ±3.5% margin of error.
John Mize, CEO of Americans United for Life, stated, “When the Biden administration removed in-person dispensing requirements for mifepristone, they removed any guarantee that women receive informed consent. Americans predominantly agree that safety and informed consent should be the highest priority, and now we have the polling to show that the abortion pill is no exception. Increased safeguards are popular considering the risks at hand and align with the best interest of women nationwide.”
Sarah Zagorkski, Senior Director of Public Relations and Communications at AUL, emphasized, “Since the Dobbs decision, abortion advocates have tried to convince women that access matters more than our own safety. More than two thirds of Americans have rejected that deception. We still have a long way to go in educating the public on the disconnect between their beliefs and the policies that continue to leave women vulnerable.”
Read the full AUL/YouGov poll results here.
For more information or to arrange an interview with AUL, contact Gavin Oxley at [email protected] or 202-987-3321.
Since 1971, Americans United for Life (AUL) has advanced the human right to life in culture, law, and policy by equipping advocates and lawmakers with the facts and strategies that change hearts and minds and protect human life. The first national pro-life organization in the country, AUL is a nonprofit, public-interest law and policy organization with a four-star rating from Charity Navigator.
