Support for abortion has increased among Democrats and decreased among Republicans since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, with Republicans hitting a record high of 78% identifying as pro-life, according to a Gallup analysis published June 9.
The analysis discovered that Democrats had become more supportive of abortion in the years leading up to the Dobbs decision, but support for legal abortion spiked — jumping 13 points to 82% — in 2022 shortly after the draft was leaked. In 2025, 81% of Democrats said they thought abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 83% considered themselves pro-abortion.
Among Republicans, however, support for legal abortion only rose two points to 25% after the leak, but then dropped suddenly to 16% in 2023. In 2025, only 20% said that abortion should be legal in all or most circumstances.
According to Gallup, Democrats are also overwhelmingly more likely than Republicans to say that abortion is morally acceptable (78% vs 20%).
The analysis also found that women have become increasingly more likely compared with men to identify as pro-abortion, with the largest pro-abortion shifts occurring among Democratic men, Democratic women, and Independent women. The largest pro-life shift occurred among Republican men.
Gallup reported that women’s and Democrats’ increased support for abortion since Dobbs has driven up national support, with 51% of Americans considering themselves pro-abortion. National support for abortion is up from the 49% who were pro-abortion in 2021 but down slightly from the 55% recorded in 2022. Nearly half of respondents in 2025 said that abortion should be illegal or legal in just a few instances, but just slightly more respondents said that abortion should be legal in any or most circumstances.
About six in 10 women currently identify as pro-abortion, compared with roughly four in 10 men who consider themselves pro-abortion. Women are also more likely than men to say that abortion is morally acceptable (57% vs. 40%) and to say that abortion should be legal in most or all circumstances (56% vs. 41%).
