Students for Life of America’s Institute for Pro-Life Advancement  Releases New Poll Detailing Pro-Life Support and the Nuanced Abortion Views of Millennials and Gen Z

Limits on Abortion & Taxpayer Funding Supported; Reversing Roe Acceptable; Voting on Abortion Policy Embraced

√ Almost 7 out of 10 Millennials and Gen Z want to vote on abortion-related policy. √ Less than 2 out of 10 want unlimited abortion through all 9 months, for any reason at all and sometimes with taxpayer funding, which Roe allows. √ More than 7 out of 10 want limits on abortion. √ And the Mexico City Policy as well as the Hyde Amendment have support.

Support for Reversing Roe has risen 6 percent. In 2021, 57 % to 30 % oppose Roe when they learn it allows for abortion through all 9 months. This is an increase of 6 percent, as a 2019 SFLA poll found that 51 % supported reversing Roe when they learned about its extremism.

WASHINGTON D.C. (1-26-2021) Students for Life of America released a new poll, a project of the organization’s Institute for Pro-Life Advancement, evaluating how the newest voters, Millennials and Gen Z (ages 18-34), view some of the cutting-edge policy discussions most timely in the debate over abortion. This demographic is widely reported as being almost entirely in support of abortion as it is allowed through Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton – through all 9 months, for any reason whatsoever, and sometimes with taxpayer funding. “As an organization of mostly Millennials and Gen Z, we’ve been frustrated by all the sweeping statements made about our views on the human rights issue of the day. And as the age range most targeted for abortion, the views of Millennials an Gen Z on an industry that has ended the lives of one-quarter of our generation are extremely relevant,” said Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. “Far from embracing Planned Parenthood and the Democratic Party Line, Millennials and Gen Z have a more nuanced view of abortion that embraces a number of pro-life positions: Limits on abortion and taxpayer funding were supported, Reversing Roe was acceptable; and Voting on abortion policy embraced.

“Asked directly about reversing Roe to return the issue of abortion to the states, more Millennials and Gen Z supported reversing Roe and sending abortion policy to the voters than opposed it, by a margin of 44 % in favor to 36 % opposed and 18 % unsure. The number of respondents opposing Roe and Doe nearly doubled after learning more about what the law allows. This number is extraordinary considering Planned Parenthood claims that Roe is popular and that 77 percent of the American people oppose reversing it, which would simply return the issue of abortion to the states where the people could have a voice and a vote on life-related policy.  When they learn about what Roe v. Wade actually does, Millennial and Gen Z oppose it. Looking at the big picture, 57 % to 30 % oppose Roe when they learn it allows for abortion through all 9 months. This is an increase of 6 percent, as a 2019 SFLA poll found that 51 % supported reversing Roe when they learned about its extremism.

“Millennials and Gen Z were also supportive of the free speech rights of their pro-life fellow students and of requiring examinations before and after the sale and use of dangerous Chemical Abortion Pills. They opposed the ‘No Test’ protocol for Chemical Abortion allowing on-line sales of the life-ending drugs to stop abusers from getting the pills anonymously to slip to women without their knowledge and consent. Issue by issue, the perspectives of young American voters targeted for abortion are very different from the talking points of the powerful abortion lobby, and there is common ground for those who want to find it.”

Key Findings:

·Almost 7 out of 10 Millennials and Gen Z want to vote on abortion-related policy.

·Less than 2 out of 10 want unlimited abortion through all 9 months, for any reason at all and sometimes with taxpayer funding, which Roe allows.

·More than 7 out of 10 support limits on abortion.

· The Hyde Amendment and Mexico City policy have support. Millennial and Gen Z taxpayers do not want their money used to pay for abortions, whether in the US (48%) or worldwide (53%).

·6 in 10 believe schools should protect students’ free speech rights.

·Almost HALF supported banning abortion after a heartbeat detected.

·By a margin of 55 % to 25 %, Millennials and Gen Z supported requiring in-person purchase of deadly Chemical Abortion Pills to prevent Abusers from anonymously buying them on-line to slip to women without their consent.

·Millennials and Gen Z, by a margin of 57 % to 30 %, oppose Roe when they learn it allows for abortion through all 9 months.

For more complete findings and analysis, click here to read more at SFLA’s Institute for Pro-Life Advancement.

Methodology: This online quantitative research was conducted by The Polling Company between January 7 – 11, 2021 among 800 registered voters age 18 – 34. Respondents self-identified themselves as 30% Republican, 36% Democrat, and 34% Independent. Margin of error: ± 3.46%

For interviews, contact Kristi Hamrick at [email protected].

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Students for Life Action (SFLAction) is the 501c4 sister organization of Students for Life of America (SFLA), the nation’s largest, pro-life, student organization with more than 1,240 groups on middle, high school, and university campuses in all 50 states. Students for Life has more conversations with those most targeted by the abortion industry every day, week, and year than any other pro-life outreach in the world and mobilizes the Pro-Life Generation to confront abortion at the local, state and national levels daily. Every week, Students for Life entities reach more than 2 million people across social media platforms to have nearly 200,000 digital conversations with the most engaged pro-life online audience in the world. 

Students for Life of America (SFLA) is the nation’s largest, pro-life, youth organization. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, SFLA serves more than 1,240 groups on college and university, middle and high school, medical and law school campuses in all 50 states. Student pro-life organizations work to confront policies on their campuses to support pregnant and parenting students, to end Planned Parenthood’s relationships with schools and communities, and to change minds of their peers about abortion. SFLA has more conversations with those most targeted by the abortion industry every day, week, and year than any other pro-life entity.