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LANSING, Mich. – A clear majority of voters in the state, including the majority of those who voted for Proposal 3 last November, support retaining long-standing regulations on abortions that are currently threatened by the Reproductive Health Act.
The results come as part of the MRG, LLC, Michigan Poll® conducted October 2-8 from 600 Michigan registered voters and has a margin of error or plus/minus 4%. A series of questions commissioned by the Michigan Catholic Conference and Right to Life of Michigan were asked about the passage of Proposal 3 in November of 2022 and state regulations related to the issue.
72% of all voters support the 24-hour waiting period to allow for informed consent
According to the poll results, 72% of all voters support the 24-hour waiting period to allow for informed consent that is now in place. Only 20% opposed the regulation.
Every demographic and political group supported the 24-hour waiting period regulation including: 70% of women, 68% of young voters (18-34), 86% of Independents, 63% of Democrats, 80% of African Americans, 65% of those who approve of the job the Governor is doing and 67% of those voting for Proposal 3.
95% of the voters support abortion facilities to be licensed and inspected by the state for health and safety reasons
There was virtually no opposition for the state to continue regulating, licensing, and inspecting abortion clinics. 95% of voters support continuing the regulation while only 2% opposed. Support was 96% among Proposal 3 voters.
70% of all voters support parental consent
Seventy percent of all voters support the regulation that says a minor child must have parental consent to have an abortion. Only 20% of all voters opposed parental consent regulations.
Support for parental consent included: 64% of all women, 68% of young voters (18-34), 70% of independents and 56% of Democratic voters, 75% of African Americans, 55% of the voters who think the governor is doing a good job and 67% of those who supported Proposal 3.
59% of Michigan voters do not believe their tax dollars should be used to pay for abortions in Michigan
There was strong opposition from voters to have Michigan taxpayers paying for the cost of abortions. 59% opposed taxpayer funding, 24% supported it and 15% volunteered that they could support it in some cases.
Taxpayer funding was opposed by: 54% of all women and 65% of all men, 66% of seniors, 64% of Independent voters, 50% of African Americans and 55% of voters from the city of Detroit.
Voters still oppose partial birth abortions
The poll showed that 52% of all voters support keeping the regulations in place banning partial birth abortions while 33% support allowing the procedure.
Female voters support keeping the regulation by 52% - 32%. African American voters support the regulation by 52% - 34%. Independent voters support the regulation by 48% to 32% and women support keeping the ban on partial birth abortions by 52% - 32% who oppose it.
Supporters of Proposal 3 in 2022 were not voting for abortion on demand
Only 45% of those who said they voted for Proposal 3 in 2022 said they were voting for a proposal to allow for unlimited abortions at any time without limitations. Forty-one percent said they voted for Proposal 3 to keep abortion legal after Roe v Wade was struck down, with the understanding that some regulations would remain in place.
According to the poll, only 48% of women, 49% of young voters (18-34), 31% of independent voters and 48% of those voters who support the job the Governor is doing supported Proposal 3 because they were voting for abortions without regulations.
The results and the wording of the questions asked by MRG follow.
Q. Last year, in November of 2022, there was a proposal on the ballot to constitutionally protect
legal access to abortion in the state of Michigan. Do you recall if you voted
yes or no on Proposal 3 to keep abortion legal?
As you may be aware, voters in Michigan passed proposal 3 in last November’s election that legalized
abortions with virtually no restrictions. However, Proposal 3 does allow the state to regulate abortions
except when an abortion would save the life, physical health, or mental health of the mother.
I’d like to read you a list of some current state laws that regulate the practice of abortion.
Please tell me if you support or oppose each one.
Q. A regulation prohibiting a partial-birth abortion in the final weeks of
pregnancy where the baby is partially delivered during the abortion?
MRG Michigan Poll® Fall 2023
The survey of 600 likely Michigan voters was conducted by live interview October 2-8, 2023 with a +1 GOP sample. The sample was randomly drawn from a listed sample of all registered voters with a history of voting and stratified by city and township to reflect voter turnout. Quotas for gender and cell phone interviews were met within each geographic area, and extra efforts were made to reach African Americans. Seventy-five percent of the interviews were conducted with cell phone only or cell phone dominant households. Some columns may not add up to 100% because of rounding. Individual rounding may impact final totals. This survey yields a sampling margin of error of ±4 percent with a 95 percent confidence interval. The sampling margin of error for subgroups may be higher depending on the size of the subgroup.
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Lansing, Michigan-based Marketing Resource Group is an award-winning PR firm representing corporate, association, nonprofit, and private clients with interests in Michigan. MRG offers expertise in public affairs, communications, political campaign management, and public opinion survey research. For more than thirty years, MRG has conducted its bi-annual omnibus Michigan Poll®, tracking the pulse of Michigan voters on key statewide public policy and political issues. MRG is the only Michigan public opinion survey research firm that maintains nearly 40 years of trend analyses of voter attitudes related to state and national leaders, political parties, and the political and economic climate in Michigan. Follow MRG on Twitter and on Facebook.
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