


Poll after poll has shown that Americans overall favored keeping Roe v. “A majority of Americans see this as a political statement rather than a legal one,” said Barbara Carvalho, who directs the Marist Poll, adding that it is unclear whether the Supreme Court can “restore Americans’ confidence in the institution.” Conducted in days following the decision, this latest poll also found that more than half of Americans are concerned that the Supreme Court will reconsider issues such as contraception and same-sex marriage. Wade and nearly six in 10 say the ruling was based more on politics than on the law, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. With confidence in the Supreme Court falling, more than half of Americans oppose the decision to overturn Roe v.
