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POWER TO DECIDE, THE CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT UNPLANNED PREGNANCY

New public opinion polling commissioned by Power to Decide shows overwhelming support for birth control

The telephone survey was conducted for Power to Decide by SSRS, an independent research company. Fully 1,004 interviews were conducted between September 17, 2019 and September 22, 2019 among the general population (age 18 and older).

The margin of error for total respondents is +/-3.35% at the 95% confidence level.

THE MAJORITY OF ADULTS—REGARDLESS OF RACE/ETHNICITY, REGION, AND POLITICAL

AFFILIATION—SUPPORT ACCESS TO ALL METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION

86% 86%

NO

RTHEAST

87%

83%

87%

87%WEST

SOUTH

NO

RTH-CENTRAL

93% 87%

ALL ADULTS WHITE DEMOCRATS INDEPENDENTS

94% 88% 75%

BLACK LATINOS REPUBLICANS

76% OF ADULTS IN THE US BELIEVE

THAT BIRTH CONTROL SHOULD

BE CONSIDERED A BASIC PART

OF WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE

82% 70%

WOMEN MEN

76% 93% 67%

WHITE BLACK LATINOS

THE MAJORITY OF ADULTS AGREE

THAT THE CURRENT POLITICAL

LANDSCAPE THREATENS PEOPLE’S

ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION

73% 59%

WOMEN MEN

66%

ALL ADULTS

70% OF ALL ADULTS AGREE

WITH THE STATEMENT: BIRTH

CONTROL ALLOWED ME OR

MY PARTNER TO DECIDE IF OR

WHEN TO HAVE A CHILD

75% 65%

WOMEN MEN

72% 72% 66%

WHITE BLACK LATINOS