{"id":2879,"date":"2018-07-20T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/20\/mainers-and-alaskans-oppose-overturning-roe-v-wade\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:19:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:19:00","slug":"mainers-and-alaskans-oppose-overturning-roe-v-wade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/mainers-and-alaskans-oppose-overturning-roe-v-wade\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainers and Alaskans Oppose Overturning Roe V. Wade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4048983710388374360gmail-docs-internal-guid-ba2f50af-b92f-8be3-f4a5-c6007769e3b7\">Many Americans agree that Trump&rsquo;s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Kavanaugh, would overturn Roe v. Wade. The vast majority of Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade, and new polling in two states that are key for Kavanaugh&rsquo;s confirmation &#8211; Maine and Alaska &#8211; shows overwhelming opposition to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4048983710388374360gmail-docs-internal-guid-ba2f50af-b92f-8be3-f4a5-c6007769e3b7\">Many Americans agree that Trump&rsquo;s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Kavanaugh, would overturn Roe v. Wade. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4048983710388374360gmail-docs-internal-guid-ba2f50af-b92f-8be3-f4a5-c6007769e3b7\">A plurality of Americans say that if Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court he would <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.people-press.org\/2018\/07\/17\/americans-divided-on-kavanaughs-nomination-to-the-supreme-court\/?utm_source%3DAdaptiveMailer%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3D18-07-17%2520SCOTUS%26org%3D982%26lvl%3D100%26ite%3D2878%26lea%3D638955%26ctr%3D0%26par%3D1%26trk%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532202039463000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGD188dXDRN-xELl-2ywiMuZW_caA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.people-press.org\/2018\/07\/17\/americans-divided-on-kavanaughs-nomination-to-the-supreme-court\/?utm_source=AdaptiveMailer&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=18-07-17%20SCOTUS&amp;org=982&amp;lvl=100&amp;ite=2878&amp;lea=638955&amp;ctr=0&amp;par=1&amp;trk=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overturn <\/a>Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4048983710388374360gmail-docs-internal-guid-ba2f50af-b92f-8be3-f4a5-c6007769e3b7\">A majority of Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade and think Kavanaugh should be forced to answer questions about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4048983710388374360gmail-docs-internal-guid-ba2f50af-b92f-8be3-f4a5-c6007769e3b7\">More than <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.kff.org\/health-reform\/press-release\/poll-two-thirds-of-americans-dont-want-the-supreme-court-to-overturn-roe-v-wade\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532202039463000&amp;usg=AFQjCNExU_XNREtR5sOi6F9Gju2St0o83Q\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/health-reform\/press-release\/poll-two-thirds-of-americans-dont-want-the-supreme-court-to-overturn-roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two-thirds<\/a> of Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4048983710388374360gmail-docs-internal-guid-ba2f50af-b92f-8be3-f4a5-c6007769e3b7\">A <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.people-press.org\/2018\/07\/17\/americans-divided-on-kavanaughs-nomination-to-the-supreme-court\/?utm_source%3DAdaptiveMailer%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3D18-07-17%2520SCOTUS%26org%3D982%26lvl%3D100%26ite%3D2878%26lea%3D638955%26ctr%3D0%26par%3D1%26trk%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532202039463000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGD188dXDRN-xELl-2ywiMuZW_caA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.people-press.org\/2018\/07\/17\/americans-divided-on-kavanaughs-nomination-to-the-supreme-court\/?utm_source=AdaptiveMailer&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=18-07-17%20SCOTUS&amp;org=982&amp;lvl=100&amp;ite=2878&amp;lea=638955&amp;ctr=0&amp;par=1&amp;trk=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vast majority <\/a>of Americans say that when senators ask about issues like abortion, Supreme Court nominees should be required to answer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4048983710388374360gmail-docs-internal-guid-ba2f50af-b92f-8be3-f4a5-c6007769e3b7\">Large majorities of Mainers and Alaskans want to see Roe v. Wade upheld. Will Senator Collins and Senator Murkowski listen?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4048983710388374360gmail-docs-internal-guid-ba2f50af-b92f-8be3-f4a5-c6007769e3b7\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/susan-collins-lisa-murkowski-roe-v-wade-poll_us_5b50b26de4b0fd5c73c31c25?nv&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532202039463000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHDuPGe8zHxS631zw9KSW_6XwbfcA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/susan-collins-lisa-murkowski-roe-v-wade-poll_us_5b50b26de4b0fd5c73c31c25?nv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">68 percent<\/a><\/span> of Senator Collins&rsquo;s constituents in Maine want to see Roe v. Wade upheld, including nearly half of Republicans and 71 percent of independents.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-4048983710388374360gmail-docs-internal-guid-ba2f50af-b92f-8be3-f4a5-c6007769e3b7\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/susan-collins-lisa-murkowski-roe-v-wade-poll_us_5b50b26de4b0fd5c73c31c25?nv&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532202039463000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHDuPGe8zHxS631zw9KSW_6XwbfcA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/susan-collins-lisa-murkowski-roe-v-wade-poll_us_5b50b26de4b0fd5c73c31c25?nv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">63 percent<\/a><\/span> of Senator Murkowski&rsquo;s constituents in Alaska want to see Roe v Wade upheld, including 72 percent of independents.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Americans agree that Trump&rsquo;s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Kavanaugh, would overturn Roe v. Wade. The vast majority of Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade, and new polling in two states that are key for Kavanaugh&rsquo;s confirmation &#8211; Maine and Alaska &#8211; shows overwhelming opposition to it. &nbsp; Many Americans agree that Trump&rsquo;s Supreme Court <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mainers and Alaskans Oppose Overturning Roe V. 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