{"id":698958,"date":"2025-12-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/?p=698958"},"modified":"2025-12-04T14:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:22:06","slug":"kff-health-tracking-poll-knowledge-and-views-of-medication-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/public-opinion\/kff-health-tracking-poll-knowledge-and-views-of-medication-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"KFF Health Tracking Poll: Knowledge and Views of Medication Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tclass=\"wp-block-kff-shared-content--standard-layout wp-block-kff-shared-content\">\n\t\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-header\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-header__tag\">Poll Finding<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<h1 class=\"post-header__title\">KFF Health Tracking Poll: Knowledge and Views of Medication Abortion<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-header__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-header__meta-label\">\n\t\t\t\tAuthors:\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/person\/audrey-kearney\/\">Audrey Kearney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/person\/ashley-kirzinger\/\">Ashley Kirzinger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/person\/alex-montero\/\">Alex Montero<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/person\/mardet-mulugeta\/\">Mardet Mulugeta<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/person\/liz-hamel\/\">Liz Hamel<\/a> \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"post-header__meta-label\">Published:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<date>Dec 5, 2025<\/date>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"post-header__social-sharing\">\n\t\t<button class=\"post-header__social-sharing__button print\">\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"16\" height=\"17\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M4.348 2.5v3.391H2.783A.787.787 0 0 0 2 6.674v4.696c0 .429.353.782.783.782h1.565V14.5h7.304v-2.348h1.565c.43 0 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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPublic Awareness of Recent FDA Review of Mifepristone Is Low\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"toc-headings__item toc-headings__item--level-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#f926adf8-96b8-4382-86ec-1dcc531362ad--h-a-majority-of-the-public-oppose-policy-proposals-aimed-at-restricting-medication-abortion-access\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"toc-headings__button\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Majority of the Public Oppose Policy Proposals Aimed at Restricting Medication Abortion Access\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"toc-headings__item toc-headings__item--level-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#f926adf8-96b8-4382-86ec-1dcc531362ad--h-most-of-the-public-oppose-the-medicaid-funding-ban-on-clinics-that-also-provide-abortions\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"toc-headings__button\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMost of the Public Oppose the Medicaid Funding Ban on Clinics that also Provide Abortions\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"toc-top-level__item wp-block-tenup-table-of-contents-item\" data-index=\"2\" data-uuid=\"cfe7d620-a5c6-4c9f-beb0-a1e1be1c6a56\">\n\t<a href=\"#cfe7d620-a5c6-4c9f-beb0-a1e1be1c6a56\" \n\t\tclass=\"toc-top-level__button\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<span class=\"toc-top-level__number\">2.<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"toc-top-level__title\">Methodology<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-tenup-table-of-contents-content\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-tenup-table-of-contents-content\">\n<div class=\"toc-section wp-block-tenup-table-of-contents-section\" id=\"f926adf8-96b8-4382-86ec-1dcc531362ad\" data-uuid=\"f926adf8-96b8-4382-86ec-1dcc531362ad\">\n\t<h2 class=\"toc-section__title\">Findings<\/h2>\n\t\n<div data-uuid=\"f926adf8-96b8-4382-86ec-1dcc531362ad\" class=\"wp-block-tenup-table-of-contents-section\"><div>\n<div class=\"is-style-methods wp-block-tenup-callout\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-tenup-callout__title\">Key Takeaways<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-tenup-callout__content\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">In September, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced in a letter to Republican lawmakers that the FDA would conduct a safety review of mifepristone, the abortion pill, twenty-five years after it was first approved for use. Public awareness of the pill and its longstanding safety record is limited. About half (53%) of the public have heard of mifepristone and few (24%) are aware that it accounts for the method of most abortions in the U.S. today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">While the public is much more likely to say abortion pills are safe (42%) when taken as directed than unsafe (18%), four in ten say they are not sure about mifepristone\u2019s safety. Results are similar among women of reproductive age (18 to 49), with about four in ten (41%) viewing the pills as safe, one in five (21%) saying they are unsafe, and 37% saying they are not sure. Notably, public perception of the pills\u2019 safety has dropped since 2023, when 55% of the public said abortion pills were safe when taken as directed, 9% viewed them as unsafe, and 35% were not sure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Most of the public opposes policies that would restrict access to the abortion pill. At least two-thirds of adults, including majorities of Democrats and independents, say they oppose banning the use of mifepristone nationwide (68%) or making it a crime for health care providers to mail abortion pills to patients in states where abortion is banned (65%). Republicans are split, with about half saying they support each of these laws, while MAGA supporting Republicans are slightly more likely to say they support than oppose making it a crime for health care providers to mail abortion pills to states where abortion is banned.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">The tax and spending bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump in July ended Medicaid payments for services other than abortions to clinics that provide abortions, such as Planned Parenthood. These non-abortion related services include preventive care, STI treatment, and contraceptives. The latest KFF Health Tracking Poll shows that most (65%) of the public oppose banning these clinics from receiving Medicaid payments, while about one-third (35%) support it. Most Democrats (83%) and independents (65%) oppose a ban, while Republicans are split with 55% supporting it and 45% opposing it. MAGA-supporters are more likely to support (58%) than oppose (42%) this policy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fewer-than-half-of-the-public-are-aware-of-mifepristone-prevalence-and-safety\">Fewer than Half of the Public Are Aware of Mifepristone Prevalence and Safety<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;About half (53%) of the public say they have heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/womens-health-policy\/the-intersection-of-state-and-federal-policies-on-access-to-medication-abortion-via-telehealth-after-dobbs\/\">mifepristone<\/a>, one of the two medications used in most abortions in the U.S., including just over half (56%) of women of reproductive age (ages 18 to 49). Public awareness of mifepristone&nbsp; has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/womens-health-policy\/kff-tracking-poll-may-2023\/\">increased over the years<\/a> as it has become the focal point for lawsuits following the overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. However, the public is still largely unaware that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/2024\/03\/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020\">most abortions in the U.S. are done by taking abortion pills<\/a>. About one in four (24%) adults correctly say that most abortions in the U.S. are medication abortions, while three in ten (29%) incorrectly believe that most abortions are done procedurally, and nearly half (47%) say they are not sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Larger shares of women of reproductive age, Democrats, and adults who identify as \u201cpro-choice\u201d are aware that most abortions in the U.S. are performed using abortion pills, but about one-third or fewer of each of these groups are aware of this. In fact, at least four in ten adults across key demographic groups say they are \u201cnot sure\u201d how most abortions in the U.S. are conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"datawrapper-embed block--datawrapper-embed \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"min-height: px;\">\n\t\t\t<script\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"text\/javascript\"\n\t\t\t\tdefer\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Hm1G9\/embed.js?v=14\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tclass=\"datawrapper-embed__print-img\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Hm1G9\/full.png\"\n\t\t\talt=\"One in Four Adults Correctly Say Most Abortions in the U.S. Are Done by Taking Abortion Pills; About Half Are Not Sure\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The public is also largely unaware of the medication\u2019s long-established safety record. Twenty-five years of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/womens-health-policy\/fact-sheet\/the-availability-and-use-of-medication-abortion\/\">mifepristone\u2019s availability<\/a>&nbsp;in the U.S. has shown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/drugs\/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers\/questions-and-answers-mifepristone-medical-termination-pregnancy-through-ten-weeks-gestation\">the medication is safe<\/a> when taken as directed by a doctor or other health care provider. However, the latest polling from KFF shows that the public is not entirely aware of this. While more than twice as many adults say the medication is \u201csafe\u201d (42%) than say it is \u201cunsafe\u201d (18%), an additional four in ten adults are not sure. The results are similar among women of reproductive age, with about four in ten saying abortion pills are safe (41%), about one in five (21%) saying they are unsafe, and nearly four in ten (37%) saying they are not sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perceptions of the safety of mifepristone safety diverge by partisanship. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of Democrats say medication abortion pills are at least \u201csomewhat\u201d safe compared to four in ten independents and just a quarter of Republicans (26%). Larger shares of Republicans (47%) and independents (44%) compared to Democrats (26%) say that they are \u201cnot sure\u201d whether abortion pills are safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"datawrapper-embed block--datawrapper-embed \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"min-height: px;\">\n\t\t\t<script\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"text\/javascript\"\n\t\t\t\tdefer\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Y9RaV\/embed.js?v=14\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tclass=\"datawrapper-embed__print-img\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Y9RaV\/full.png\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Four in Ten Are Unsure About the Safety of Abortion Pills,\u00a0Including Nearly Four in Ten Women of Reproductive Age\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While a plurality of adults view abortion pills as very or somewhat safe when taken as directed by a health care provider, this share has declined since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/womens-health-policy\/kff-tracking-poll-may-2023\/\">May 2023<\/a>. About four in ten (42%) now say that abortion pills are safe when taken as directed, compared to a majority (55%) two years ago. At the same time, there have been slight increases in the shares saying abortion pills are \u201cunsafe\u201d (18% now, up from 9% in 2023) and that they are \u201cnot sure\u201d (40% now, up from 35% in 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, among women of reproductive age, the share viewing the pills as safe decreased from 59% to 41%, while larger shares now view the pills as unsafe (from 12% in 2023 to 21% now) or say they are not sure if abortion pills are safe (from 29% to 37% now).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"datawrapper-embed block--datawrapper-embed \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"min-height: px;\">\n\t\t\t<script\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"text\/javascript\"\n\t\t\t\tdefer\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/FASzu\/embed.js?v=14\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tclass=\"datawrapper-embed__print-img\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/FASzu\/full.png\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Compared to Two Years Ago, Fewer U.S. Adults Say Abortion Pills Are Safe When Taken as Directed, Including Women of Reproductive Age\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perceptions of safety are somewhat higher when the public is told that the FDA has determined the medication is safe when taken as directed by a health care provider. Just over half of the public (54%) \u2013 including a similar share of women of reproductive age \u2013 say they are confident in the FDA\u2019s determination that mifepristone is safe, while about a quarter are \u201cnot too\u201d or \u201cnot at all confident\u201d (27%) and one in five are unsure (19%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confidence in the FDA\u2019s determination of mifepristone\u2019s safety is largely partisan. About three-quarters (74%) of Democrats and just over half (55%) of independents are at least somewhat confident in the FDA\u2019s determination that mifepristone is safe when taken as directed by a health care provider, compared to about one-third (35%) of Republicans. Just under half (46%) of Republicans say they are \u201cnot too\u201d or \u201cnot at all confident\u201d in the FDA\u2019s determination, and about one in five say they are not sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"datawrapper-embed block--datawrapper-embed \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"min-height: px;\">\n\t\t\t<script\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"text\/javascript\"\n\t\t\t\tdefer\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/8U48W\/embed.js?v=14\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tclass=\"datawrapper-embed__print-img\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/8U48W\/full.png\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Over Half of U.S. Adults Are Confident in the FDA&#039;s Determination that Mifepristone is Safe When Taken as Directed; Republicans Are Less Confident\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-public-awareness-of-recent-fda-review-of-mifepristone-is-low\">Public Awareness of Recent FDA Review of Mifepristone Is Low<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late September, HHS Secretary Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Makary <a href=\"https:\/\/democracyforward.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Fda_Hhs_Letter-1.pdf\">wrote a letter to Republican state attorneys general<\/a> announcing a review of mifepristone\u2019s safety by the FDA. They cited the need to examine alleged complications and policies related to dispensing mifepristone, a move prompted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/05\/12\/abortion-pill-medication-abortion-study-mifepristone\/\">a flawed report<\/a> from an anti-abortion advocacy group questioning the pill\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the public say they have heard \u201ca little\u201d (27%) or \u201cnothing at all\u201d (47%) about this move from Secretary Kennedy and the FDA. One in five adults have heard \u201csome,\u201d and few (6%) report hearing \u201ca lot.\u201d Democrats are more likely than independents or Republicans to say they have heard at least \u201csome\u201d about this decision, but at least two-thirds across partisans report hearing little or nothing about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"datawrapper-embed block--datawrapper-embed \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"min-height: px;\">\n\t\t\t<script\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"text\/javascript\"\n\t\t\t\tdefer\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/xLExh\/embed.js?v=14\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tclass=\"datawrapper-embed__print-img\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/xLExh\/full.png\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Most Adults Have Heard &quot;A Little&quot; or &quot;Nothing&quot; About the FDA&#039;s Recently Announced Review of Mifepristone\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once they are made aware of Secretary Kennedy\u2019s decision to have the FDA review the safety of mifepristone, the public is split in assessing its intention, with just over half saying it is mostly to make it more difficult to access abortion pills (53%), and slightly fewer saying it is mostly to protect the health and safety of women (46%). Just over half (54%) of women of reproductive age say that the review of the safety of mifepristone is mostly to make abortion pill access more difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Partisans have very different assessments of the intention behind this review. Eight in ten Democrats (81%) say the move is mostly intended to make access to abortion pills more difficult, while about three in four Republicans (73%) say it is mostly to protect the safety of women. Independents are split with about half saying the move is to make access more difficult (53%), and half (46%) saying it is to protect the safety of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"datawrapper-embed block--datawrapper-embed \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"min-height: px;\">\n\t\t\t<script\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"text\/javascript\"\n\t\t\t\tdefer\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/o9aiH\/embed.js?v=14\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tclass=\"datawrapper-embed__print-img\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/o9aiH\/full.png\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Slightly Larger Shares Say Secretary Kennedy\u2019s Call for an FDA Review of Abortion Pill Aims to Restrict Access Rather Than Protect Health\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-majority-of-the-public-oppose-policy-proposals-aimed-at-restricting-medication-abortion-access\">A Majority of the Public Oppose Policy Proposals Aimed at Restricting Medication Abortion Access<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, at least two thirds of the public oppose policies aimed at restricting or banning medication abortion asked about in this survey. This includes two-thirds of adults who oppose banning the use of medication abortion, nationwide (68%) and a similar share who oppose making it a crime for health care providers to mail abortion pills to patients in states where abortion is banned (65%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support for these proposals varies by partisanship, with large shares of Democrats and independents opposed and Republicans more evenly split. A slim majority of Republicans support making it a crime for health care providers to mail abortion pills to patients in states where abortion is banned (55%), while about four in ten (44%) oppose this. Among Republicans, similar shares support (52%) or oppose (46%) banning mifepristone nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican and Republican-leaning supporters of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement are also split, with half saying they support banning mifepristone nationwide (50%) and half opposing this (48%). When it comes to mailing abortion pills to patients in states where abortion is banned, MAGA-supporting Republicans are more likely to say they support (58%) criminalizing health care providers than they are to oppose this (41%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"datawrapper-embed block--datawrapper-embed \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"min-height: px;\">\n\t\t\t<script\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"text\/javascript\"\n\t\t\t\tdefer\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/14YQh\/embed.js?v=14\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tclass=\"datawrapper-embed__print-img\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/14YQh\/full.png\"\n\t\t\talt=\"About Two-Thirds of Adults Oppose Laws that Would Restrict Access to Medication Abortion\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-most-of-the-public-oppose-the-medicaid-funding-ban-on-clinics-that-also-provide-abortions\">Most of the Public Oppose the Medicaid Funding Ban on Clinics that also Provide Abortions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July 2025, President Trump signed a spending law that ended federal Medicaid reimbursement to certain clinics for services they provide to patients if the clinics also offer abortions. Abortions, however, were and are not paid for using federal Medicaid funds other than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/womens-health-policy\/the-hyde-amendment-and-coverage-for-abortion-services-under-medicaid-in-the-post-roe-era\/#f60eb724-48ef-48eb-89f3-85f1877dbf93--key-takeaways\">Hyde Amendment exceptions<\/a> for pregnancies that are life threatening or result from rape or incest. The law blocks federal reimbursements for other services, including preventive care, contraceptives, and STI treatment. Some states have redirected their own funds to compensate for the loss of these federal reimbursements, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/appeals-court-to-hear-arguments-on-law-cutting-medicaid-reimbursements-for-planned-parenthood\">at least twenty<\/a> Planned Parenthood clinics have closed since the law took effect in July 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About two-thirds (65%) of the public oppose the current law banning clinics that provide abortions from receiving federal Medicaid payments for other services they provide, while about one-third (35%) support this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Partisans are split on this, with majorities of Democrats (83%) and independents (65%) opposing banning clinics from receiving these funds, while Republicans are more divided. Just over half (55%) of Republicans say they support a law banning clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid payments for other services, while 45% oppose this. MAGA-supporting Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are more likely to support this ban (58%) than oppose it (42%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"datawrapper-embed block--datawrapper-embed \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"min-height: px;\">\n\t\t\t<script\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"text\/javascript\"\n\t\t\t\tdefer\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/BihsV\/embed.js?v=14\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tclass=\"datawrapper-embed__print-img\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/BihsV\/full.png\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Two-Thirds of the Public Oppose Banning Clinics that Provide Abortions from Receiving Medicaid Payments For Other Services; Republicans Are Split\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"toc-section wp-block-tenup-table-of-contents-section\" id=\"cfe7d620-a5c6-4c9f-beb0-a1e1be1c6a56\" data-uuid=\"cfe7d620-a5c6-4c9f-beb0-a1e1be1c6a56\">\n\t<h2 class=\"toc-section__title\">Methodology<\/h2>\n\t\n<div data-uuid=\"cfe7d620-a5c6-4c9f-beb0-a1e1be1c6a56\" class=\"wp-block-tenup-table-of-contents-section\"><div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <em>KFF Health Tracking Poll <\/em>was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at KFF. The survey was conducted October 27-November 2, 2025, online and by telephone among a nationally representative sample of 1,350 U.S. adults in English (<em>n=1,274<\/em>) and in Spanish (<em>n=76<\/em>). The sample includes 1,031 adults (<em>n=63<\/em> in Spanish) reached through the <a href=\"https:\/\/ssrs.com\/opinion-panel\/\">SSRS Opinion Panel<\/a> either online (<em>n=1,007<\/em>) or over the phone (<em>n=24<\/em>). The SSRS Opinion Panel is a nationally representative probability-based panel where panel members are recruited randomly in one of two ways: (a) Through invitations mailed to respondents randomly sampled from an Address-Based Sample (ABS) provided by Marketing Systems Groups (MSG) through the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS); (b) from a dual-frame random digit dial (RDD) sample provided by MSG. For the online panel component, invitations were sent to panel members by email followed by up to three reminder emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another 319 (<em>n=13 <\/em>in Spanish) adults were reached through random digit dial telephone sample of prepaid cell phone numbers obtained through MSG. Phone numbers used for the prepaid cell phone component were randomly generated from a cell phone sampling frame with disproportionate stratification aimed at reaching Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black respondents. Stratification was based on incidence of the race\/ethnicity groups within each frame. Among this prepaid cell phone component, 143 were interviewed by phone and 176 were invited to the web survey via short message service (SMS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Respondents in the prepaid cell phone sample who were interviewed by phone received a $15 incentive via a check received by mail. Respondents in the prepaid cell phone sample reached via SMS received a $10 electronic gift card incentive. SSRS Opinion Panel respondents received a $5 electronic gift card incentive (some harder-to-reach groups received a $10 electronic gift card). In order to ensure data quality, cases were removed if they failed two or more quality checks: (1) attention check questions in the online version of the questionnaire, (2) had over 30% item non-response, or (3) had a length less than one quarter of the mean length by mode. Based on this criterion, one case was removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The combined cell phone and panel samples were weighted to match the sample\u2019s demographics to the national U.S. adult population using data from the Census Bureau\u2019s 2024 Current Population Survey (CPS), September 2023 Volunteering and Civic Life Supplement data from the CPS, and the 2025 KFF Benchmarking Survey with ABS and prepaid cell phone samples. The demographic variables included in weighting for the general population sample are gender, age, education, race\/ethnicity, region, civic engagement, frequency of internet use and political party identification. The weights account for differences in the probability of selection for each sample type (prepaid cell phone and panel). This includes adjustment for the sample design and geographic stratification of the cell phone sample, within household probability of selection, and the design of the panel-recruitment procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The margin of sampling error including the design effect for the full sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Numbers of respondents and margins of sampling error for key subgroups are shown in the table below. For results based on other subgroups, the margin of sampling error may be higher. Sample sizes and margins of sampling error for other subgroups are available on request. Sampling error is only one of many potential sources of error and there may be other unmeasured error in this or any other public opinion poll. KFF public opinion and survey research is a charter member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/aapor.org\/standards-and-ethics\/transparency-initiative\/\">Transparency Initiative of the American Association for Public Opinion Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"advgb-table-wrapper\">\n<table class=\"wp-block-advgb-table advgb-table-frontend\"><thead><tr><th style=\"background-color: #BFBFBF;text-align: left\"><strong>Group<\/strong><\/th><th style=\"background-color: #BFBFBF;text-align: center\"><strong>N (unweighted)<\/strong><\/th><th style=\"background-color: #BFBFBF;text-align: center\"><strong>M.O.S.E.<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#fff\">Total<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#fff\">1,350<\/td><td style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#fff\">\u00b1 3 percentage points<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#fff\"><strong>Party ID<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#fff\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#fff\">&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: left\">Democrats<\/td><td style=\"text-align: center\">424<\/td><td style=\"text-align: left\">\u00b1 6 percentage points<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#fff\">Independents<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#fff\">422<\/td><td style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#fff\">\u00b1 6 percentage points<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: left\">Republicans<\/td><td style=\"text-align: center\">412<\/td><td style=\"text-align: left\">\u00b1 6 percentage points<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#fff\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#fff\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#fff\">&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: left\">MAGA Republicans<\/td><td style=\"text-align: center\">377<\/td><td style=\"text-align: left\">\u00b1 6 percentage points<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#fff\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#fff\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#fff\">&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align: left\">Women ages 18-49<\/td><td style=\"text-align: center\">401<\/td><td style=\"text-align: left\">\u00b1 6 percentage points<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t<div class=\"post-footer__title\">More On<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"post-footer__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/topic\/public-opinion\/\">\n\t\t\t\tPublic Opinion\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/topic\/womens-health-policy\/\">\n\t\t\t\tWomen&#039;s Health Policy\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/tag\/abortion\/\">\n\t\t\t\tAbortion\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/tag\/food-drug-administration\/\">\n\t\t\t\tFood and Drug Administration (FDA)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/tag\/pregnancy\/\">\n\t\t\t\tPregnancy\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/tag\/reproductive-health\/\">\n\t\t\t\tReproductive Health\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-content-sidebar\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-slab--blue wp-block-kff-shared-slab\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-slab__heading\">download<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-kff-share-slab__content\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/files.kff.org\/attachment\/topline-kff-health-tracking-poll-nov-2025.pdf\">TOPLINE &amp; 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