Biden, GOP rivals in split-screen showing stark divide in post-Roe America

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : That same poll found that 37 percent of Americans support abortion in the second three months of pregnancy and 22 percent support it in last three months of pregnancy.
50% : Abortion wasn't the sole focus of candidate speeches, which also covered parental rights, gender-affirming care for transgender youth, "woke" culture and support for Israel.
47% : A recent Gallup poll found that a record-high 69 percent of Americans believe abortion should be legal the first three months of pregnancy.
46% : The stakes were evident at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority Conference, where several GOP presidential candidates touted their positions on abortion and in some cases jockeyed to get to the right of their rivals.
42% : The split-screen highlighted the country's stark political divide over abortion on the eve of the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
42% : She has also said she believes there is a role for the federal government on abortion but has not said what that is.
40% : With most legislation needing 60 votes to pass the Senate, the pathway to a national law legalizing abortion seems narrow, even if Biden were to win reelection.
39% : The Republicans also sought to flip the argument on Democrats, by forcing them to define whether they favor restrictions on abortion at any point in pregnancy.
38% :Abortion remains a key issue for White evangelical voters, who will wield enormous influence in the GOP primaries and have pushed for restrictions in the post-Roe landscape.
35% : While many credit Trump with the appointment of Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe, his Republican opponents have questioned his commitment to the issue and his suggestion that abortion played a major role in Republican losses during the 2022 midterms.
30% : Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, the only woman in the GOP 2024 field, has sought to position herself as a standout messenger on abortion capable of forging compromise, and she will also speak Saturday.
19% : Former vice president Mike Pence called on every GOP candidate to back a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and, in a not-so-subtle dig at former president Donald Trump, said that "others" have suggested "continuing the fight to life could produce state legislation that's too harsh."

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