Do the majority of Americans genuinely support a 15-week federal abortion ban?

[Hardkill]

The Republican Party now gets that pushing for a total abortion at the federal level is not politically feasible. Now, the polls actually have shown that some majority of Americans support abortion only up to 15 weeks, which Mike Pence recently brought up in the first GOP presidential primary debate. Therefore, the Republicans have lately been propagating the idea that having a 15-week federal abortion ban is a moderate or reasonable compromise for all Americans.

https://www.axios.com/2023/07/12/most-americans-support-abortion-poll

But most people in the US have made it clear that they perceive the idea of the federal government controlling women's bodies in any way as an authoritarian and outdated measure.

So, would the majority of voters in a general election actually support candidates who want to pass a 15-week federal abortion ban?

[Hardkill]

Any thoughts?

[sholomar]

No.  This is the republican party playing politics. They support it because it annoys the other side and people in politics tend to lean towards being psychopaths, sociopaths,  narcissists, and Machiavellian.  For them its a chess game and every move is calculated.  Most people find this obnoxious and just want to be left alone so they are not into politics, but they should be if they want to see the change they desire.

Politics is a horseshoe. The extreme left and right have more in common than anyone in the middle. Without lifetime term limits and campaign finance laws it's also an opportunistically driven venture where certain power driven people are disproportionately represented which is unfortunate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory

Edited September 2, 2023 by sholomar

[ZenAlex]

No. In the Uk abortion is legal up to the 24 week mark and I consider that fair,.