Many states with antiabortion laws have pro-choice majorities
Jake Grumbach and Christopher Warshaw write: We find that a majority of the public in about 40 states supports legal abortion rights. Only about 10 states have majorities that oppose allowing abortions. In some of these red states, such as Louisiana and Arkansas, bans on abortion may bring policy into line with the views of the majority of the public. But this increase in congruence between policy and public preferences in red states will probably be outweighed by the decrease…