State politics a key factor in choice of colleges, survey shows

Nineteen states have moved to ban or restrict abortion following the 2022 Supreme Court’s decision that struck down Roe v. Wade.

By Ben Whedon

Published: May 1, 2023 4:37pm

Updated: May 2, 2023 8:17am

Nearly three-quarter of college students say abortion laws in the state in which they attend school are least “somewhat important” in their decision on whether to stay enrolled there, according to a new study.

Seventy-two percent express such a view, according to the new Lumina Foundation and Gallup study.

Fourteen percent considered state abortion laws to be "extremely important" to their decision to enroll, the survey also found.

By age, 73% of those 18 to 24 and 70% of those 25 to 59 years old said state reproductive health laws are at least somewhat important in their decision.

Nineteen states have moved to ban or restrict abortion following the 2022 Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which ended decades of federal protections for abortion, with nine state having imposed a total ban.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.