TABLE 5.

Percentage distribution of women by awareness of and support for Texas abortion laws, according to political ideology and party affiliation

Awareness and support	Conservative Republican (N=139)	Somewhat conservative Republican (N=182)	Moderate/ Independent (N=125)	Somewhat liberal Democrat (N=173)	Liberal Democrat (N=111)
Has not heard of the laws	17.8	20.2	23.7	23.0	9.1***
Opposes the laws	7.6	15.0	8.4	10.1	39.6
Supports the laws because they make abortion safer	10.4	16.5	12.9	17.3	18.3†
Supports the laws because they make abortion harder  to get	23.5	7.3**	7.8	3.5**	2.1***
Supports the laws for other reasons	5.4	7.4	0.5*	6.0	3.2**
Not sure about opinions	35.3	33.7	46.7	40.1	27.8***
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

^*Different from percentage for conservative Republicans at p<.05.

^**Different from percentage for conservative Republicans at p<.01.

^***Different from percentage for conservative Republicans at p<.001.

^†Different from percentage for conservative Republicans at p<.10.

Notes: Subgroup differences in support (versus opposition) were assessed in multinomial logistic regression analyses. Percentages are weighted to account for survey design and may not add to 100.0 because of rounding.