Abortion grows as priority issue for Democrats: AP-NORC poll
By HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press
Published: January 13, 2022, 5:47pm
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WASHINGTON — With Roe v. Wade facing its strongest threat in decades, a new poll finds Democrats increasingly view protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government.
Thirteen percent of Democrats mentioned abortion or reproductive rights as one of the issues they want the federal government to address in 2022, according to a December poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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