Georgia Republicans’ Extreme, Anti-Choice Agenda is Out of Touch

7 in 10 Georgians Support Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court draft opinion showing that conservative Supreme Court justices are set to overturn Roe v. Wade is the result of Republicans in Georgia and across the country’s decades-long, radical war on the right to choose. While polls show that nearly 7 in 10 Georgians support the right to reproductive freedom established by Roe, Georgia Republicans are poised to continue their long fight against abortion rights.

Against the will of a majority of Georgians, Georgia Republicans – from incumbents like Brian Kemp and Chris Carr to candidates like Herschel Walker and David Perdue – have long records of opposing reproductive rights and promised to use their offices if elected to ban abortion. Governor Brian Kemp bragged about signing “the toughest abortion bill in the country” in 2019, while Attorney General Chris Car is defending Kemp’s abortion bill in court and urged the Supreme Court to dismantle Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, David Perdue has promised to ban abortion if elected, and Herschel Walker joins the entire GOP Senate field in stating that he wants to make make all abortion illegal – even in cases of rape or incest.

The evidence is clear – Georgia Republicans’ extreme agenda is wildly unpopular and out of touch with Georgians, who overwhelming support Roe v. Wade and access to safe and legal abortion. 

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Seven of 10 Georgia voters say they oppose overturning the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that guaranteed the right to an abortion, according to a new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll.”
• Change Research/NARAL poll of suburban Atlanta women: “The new poll reveals that a vast majority (78%) of suburban women oppose making abortion illegal and turning back the clock to the days before Roe v. Wade.
• FiveThirtyEight: “According to an ABC News/The Washington Post poll conducted in early November, 75 percent of Americans thought abortion should be left to a woman and her doctor, while only 20 percent thought it should be regulated by law.”
• Forbes: “A majority of Americans broadly believe abortion should be legal and more than 60% believe people should be able to obtain abortions during the first trimester of their pregnancy, a new Associated Press/NORC poll finds.”
• New York Times: “Most Americans disagree with the Supreme Court decision on Texas’ abortion ban, a poll finds.”

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