With new restrictions on abortion, Americans need to open their hearts and checkbooks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Opinions in your inbox: Get exclusive access to our columnists and the best of our columns every dayTo support these women, we need a set of public investments that are targeted at strengthening the income support, health care access and social services systems for low-income women and families facing unexpected and unwanted pregnancies.
58% : In states where abortion is restricted, additional public spending via tax credits, vouchers and increased maternal and child wellness spending will help improve outcomes for low-income mothers, children and families.
48% : The "big one" hit American social policy and politics when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, overturning 50 years of law governing access to abortion.
48% : Finding ways of bridging differences over abortion is a delicate task with profound political consequences, especially for Republicans who have leveraged abortion politics to motivate base voters for decades.
40% : On Aug. 2, voters in Kansas, one of the deepest of deep "red" states, voted overwhelmingly against giving legislators the power to regulate abortion by amending the state constitution, which guarantees a woman's right to an abortion.
39% : In states where abortion remains widely available, these same programs will help address the underlying factors that women say lead them to choose to terminate their pregnancies: financial problems, absence of a committed partner and poor maternal health.
38% : The truth is that legal policy - for or against abortion - cannot resolve the abortion controversy.

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