Most Catholics in Michigan Support Adding State Abortion Protections
Poll shows 64% of state voters, 57% of Catholics, likely to support constitutional amendment
Abortion rights demonstrators during a national day of protest in Lansing, Michigan, US, on Monday, July 4, 2022.
Photographer: Emily Elconin/BloombergA majority of Michigan residents who identify as Catholic say they are likely to join the majority of voters supporting an amendment that would add abortion protections to the state constitution, a poll released Thursday shows.
Overall, 64% of Michigan residents and 57% of Catholics say they are likely to support the amendment and only 29% of Catholics said they will likely vote no — even though the official position of the Catholic church is to oppose abortion. The same poll showed that 56% of Protestants say they will vote in favor of the amendment as will 83% of voters with no religious preference, according to the results from EPIC/MRA, which conducted the poll of 600 likely voters from September 15-19 on behalf of the Detroit Free Press and several TV stations.