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An overwhelming majority of Americans are in favor of preserving abortion rights, two new polls have found, as the US supreme court moves towards ending almost half a century of protections.
A Politico/Morning Consult study found voters are two to one in favor of preserving the 1973 Roe v Wade opinion that safeguarded protected women’s access to abortions.