Few GOP candidates back pro-life call for 15-week federal abortion limit at primary debate - The Tablet

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% :Praising Pence, Scott and Hutchinson, Dannenfelser said those candidates "each offered a clear, bold case for national protections for the unborn at least by 15 weeks, when they can feel pain, which aligns with the overwhelming consensus of Americans.""Additionally, those who offered the clearest contrast pointed out the Democrats' agenda of imposing abortion on demand until birth in every state, nationwide," she said.
49% : Marist polling conducted before and after Dobbs shows a majority of Americans support keeping abortion legal through the first trimester, during which nine out of 10 abortions take place.
47% : An AP-NORC poll in July found that while nearly three quarters of Americans said abortion should be legal in the first six weeks of pregnancy, that number dropped to 51% at 15 weeks.
44% : After the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization struck down the high court's nearly 50-year-old abortion precedent since Roe v. Wade, the group SBA Pro-Life America said it would seek for Republican presidential candidates to specifically back a federal 15-week gestational limit on abortion.
43% : Are they for 40 weeks?"Former White House press secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, "No one supports abortion up until birth."
36% : Those candidates argued the high court sent the issue of abortion back to legislatures, whether state or federal.

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