All experts agreed that one group in particular fuels the pro-life movement: Republican women.
Seven in 10 Republicans believe life begins at or before six weeks, with Republican women 10 percentage points more likely than men to hold that belief.
Among men and women of all political parties, GOP women are the most likely to say that abortion is murder and that life begins at conception. Over a third (35 percent) disagreed that all women have a right to make choices about their bodies.
Half of Republican women said a fetus should have the full legal rights of a person at conception, shedding light on the use of provocative language -- such as “infanticide” -- to describe abortion.
Suleiman and Zeh said the pointed focus on advocating either for unconditional legality or sweeping prohibition overlooks broader conversations about the entire reproductive justice framework, including access to birth control and health care for children and parents after birth.
“Any decent human being would identify as being ‘pro-life,’” Suleiman said. “The debate is, what about the quality of life of the pregnant person? And at what point do you start treating the fetus like a human being?”
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