[Broken Glass Can]

The poll question you quoted: "If one of the U.S. Supreme Court justices retired, would you want the new Supreme Court justice to be someone who would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade -- the decision that legalized abortion -- or vote to uphold it?" states that the court legalized abortion. It didn't, abortion was already legal in many places.

People who were not adults before 1973 might think that it was the court that "gave" us abortion. People are responding based on what they think of abortion, many not understanding that reversing Roe v Wade does not "outlaw" abortion. Do you deny that many people do not really understand what the situation was in 1973?

Bottom line, this is a terrible and worthless poll question that will provide no useful answer. They should ask: "Should the courts or the legislatures decide what the abortion laws should be?". That is what Roe v Wade decided - who the authority on abortion is to be.