

While some choose to start a medical abortion in a clinic, the majority now happen at home. Now these account for just 13 per cent of the total figure. In 2018, when misoprostol was approved for administering at home, surgical abortions declined to 33 per cent. In June, government data revealed 52 per cent of all abortions in 2021 involved women taking tablets, for termination of pregnancies, unsupervised MPs then voted in March this year to make the changes permanent and, on Tuesday, it was announced that they will be written into law next week, consolidating the most seismic shift in abortion protocol in this country in recent times.Īccording to MSI Reproductive Choices, which used to be called Marie Stopes International and is one of the UK’s two biggest abortion providers along with BPAS, as recently as 2017 some 52 per cent of its patients opted to have a surgical termination, which is performed under anaesthetic with the pregnancy removed by a doctor. It followed temporary measures introduced in March 2020, at the start of the pandemic, to allow women to take both sets of pills for early medical abortion at home, without needing to attend a hospital or clinic first. In June, government data revealed 52 per cent of all abortions in 2021 involved women taking these tablets unsupervised. It will stick with me for ever,’ she says. ‘People need to be aware this is not an easy way out. (Remember, Trump is being investigated for possible violations of the Espionage Act and improper handling of federal records, but has not been, and may not ever be, charged.When we speak, eight weeks later, she is still bleeding. In my earlier appraisal of the anti-FBI search doomsayers, I acknowledged the possibility that an an investigation into Trump could lead to more aggressive right-wing mobilization without necessarily resulting in any outcome of serous legal consequence for Trump. If your metric for action is whether it will elicit backlash from the right, then you won't be able to do much of anything at all. So of course something like an FBI search of Trump’s home - an unprecedented bid for accountability for apparent presidential misconduct - was going to elicit extreme responses. After all, the contemporary right seems increasingly scandalized by even the most modest attempts to reform society or create more accountability for the powerful, whether through antiracism in schools or moderate police reform.

These polling trends were also broadly predictable. We also need will more polling data to confirm this is actually a substantive and enduring trend. Are moderate Republicans ready to shed their misgivings about Trump? There is no need to catastrophize just yet. So while it’s possible that some Republicans are more inclined to mobilize behind Trump right now, based on the perception that he’s being persecuted, it’s premature to suggest that the FBI’s behavior is causing a cross-partisan backlash. That majority includes 92% of Democratic voters, 61% of independents and 21% of Republican voters. voters -believe investigations into Trump's behavior should continue. These numbers, coupled with reports of GOP donors rallying behind the former president, have apparently scared some never-Trump Republicans into thinking the FBI search “put wind in Trump’s sails,” write Axios’ Jonathan Swan and Josh Kraushaar.įirst of all, that same NBC poll cited in the Axios piece shows a clear majority - 57% of U.S. And a new NBC poll shows that while 34% of Republican voters said they supported Trump more than the GOP in May, 41% support him more post-Mar-a-Lago. But the latest Saint Anselm College survey conducted there after the Mar-a-Lago search shows Trump back on top, with a massive 20-point lead. Ron DeSantis tied or competitive with Trump among Republicans in the critical primary state of New Hampshire.
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Earlier this summer, a series of polls showed Florida Gov. But it doesn’t mean the FBI was wrong to enforce the law.Īs Axios notes in a roundup of recent polls, it appears Trump is enjoying an approval bump in the aftermath of the FBI executing its search warrant on Aug. This news might be alarming for some who fear a more riled-up Trump electoral base. New polling suggests that the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago might be giving Trump a boost in popularity on the right.
