Sixty-two p.c of People assist defending entry to in vitro fertilization (IVF), a brand new survey discovered.
The survey, carried out by The Related Press-NORC Heart for Public Affairs Analysis, discovered Democrats have been extra prone to assist the process, at 77 p.c in favor of defending IVF. Over half of Republicans, 56 p.c, mentioned the identical. Forty-one p.c of independents assist entry to IVF.
Whereas most People assist others gaining access to the medical process, views on what occurs to the embryos after the process have been much less developed.
The survey discovered {that a} majority of People don’t maintain robust opinions on legal guidelines banning the destruction of embryos which might be created by way of IVF.
One-third of all respondents strongly oppose legal guidelines that ban embryos from being destroyed. Twenty-five p.c assist legal guidelines that ban them from being destroyed, and 40 p.c say they neither assist nor oppose these legal guidelines.
Democrats have been much more prone to say they don’t imagine that life begins at conception. Seventy p.c of Democrats disagree that life begins at conception, whereas 33 p.c of Republicans say the identical. Forty-one p.c of Republican respondents imagine life begins at conception.
The survey follows a February ruling from the Alabama Supreme Courtroom, which compelled many IVF remedies within the state to be quickly paused. The ruling mentioned frozen embryos are the authorized equal of a kid. Alabama’s governor signed a regulation defending medical doctors from authorized legal responsibility to conduct the process.
The dialog about IVF and reproductive rights has continued to be a part of the bigger political rhetoric tied to the 2024 elections, the second election and first presidential race since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
The survey was carried out June 20-24 amongst 1,088 adults and has a margin of error of 4 share factors.
