Most Americans thought that neither doctors nor those receiving the abortion should face criminal penalties, including either fines or prison time. Among Republicans, though, most said that doctors should face criminal punishment and about half said that women who get abortions should. If a doctor performed or a woman received an abortion in violation of the law, what punishment should they face? Sixty-three percent of Republicans said either that the woman should face criminal punishment or that they were not sure. As The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake pointed out last week, South Carolina still has legislation on the books imposing misdemeanor criminal punishment for women.

Source: Washington Post May 17, 2022 09:44 UTC