About this research This Pew Research Center report looks at how the U.S. public feels about the legality of abortion, including medication abortion, as well as views of the ease or difficulty of obtaining an abortion and other considerations. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center conducted this research as part of our regular work on U.S. abortion attitudes dating back to the 1990s. Learn more about Pew Research Center and our politics and policy research. How did we do this? We conducted a survey Jan. 20-26, 2026, among 8,512 U.S. adults recruited through our American Trends Panel (ATP). Here are the survey questions used for this report, the detailed responses and the survey methodology. Nearly four years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a majority of Americans continue to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Now, with a patchwork of differing state laws in effect, perceptions of abortion access vary by where people live. A 60% majority of U.S.…