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Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022

Do a majority of Nevadans support legal abortion?

Esther Tsvayg, The Nevada Independent
yes

According to an October 2021 poll of roughly 800 registered Nevada voters conducted by OH Predictive Insights, a majority of Nevada voters (69%) described themselves as pro-choice. A poll by OH Predictive Insights from July of the same year estimated the figure at 65%. Although the public’s views on abortion are notoriously difficult to measure, polling averages weighted by sample size in an analysis done by The New York Times determined that 63% of Nevadan adults believe abortion should be legal in most cases. This is near the national average. According to a July 2022 study done by the Pew Research Center, a majority of adults nationally (62%) say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

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