Wide differences in views of Roe v. Wade by education, religion, party Would you like to see the Supreme Court completely overturn its Roe versus Wade decision, or not?
While a 57% majority of conservative Republicans and leaners think the Supreme Court should overturn the decision, just 27% of moderate and liberal Republicans say the same. In fact, 71% of moderate and liberal Republicans think the court should not completely overturn Roe v. Wade.
Majorities across all levels of education say the court should not overturn Roe v. Wade. Still, higher levels of education are associated with less support for overturning the decision: Nearly nine-in-ten of those with postgraduate degrees (88%) say the court should not overturn the decision, compared with about seven-in-ten of those with a college degree (74%) or some college experience (70%) and 62% of those with a high school diploma or less education.
Wide differences in views of Roe v.  | Wade by education, religion, party  | Would you like to see the Supreme Court completely  | overturn its Roe versus Wade decision, or not?  | Yes, overturn  | No, do not  | overturn  | Roe v. Wade  | Total  | 69  | 28  | Men  | 67  | 30  | 26  | Women  | 72  | 18-49  | 73  | 24  | 50+  | 33  | 64  | Postgrad  | 88  | 12  | College grad  | 74  | 23  | Some coll  | 70  | 27  | HS or less  | 62  | 35  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 53  | 44  | Conserv  | 41  | 57  | Mod/Liberal  | 71  | 27  | 14 17  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 84  | 82  | Cons/Mod  | 87  | 11  | Liberal  | Protestant  | 63  | 35  | White evang  | 49  | 47  | Catho lic  | 61  | 34  | Unaffliated  | 89  | Notes: Don tknow responsesnot.shown.  | Whites include onlythose who are notHispanic  | Source Survev conducted Nov 30- notHispanic Dec 5. 2016  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 