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Majority oppose overruling Roe v. Wade, but still don’t back packing Supreme Court, says poll

A majority of Americans polled after the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion said they disagree with the high court’s move, but they still don’t support packing the court.

A NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll published Monday found 56% of respondents said they disagreed with the ruling overturning the 1973 landmark decision Roe v Wade, and the same number worry other rights may be next in line to go.

Fifty-seven percent of respondents say the Supreme Court made the ruling based on politics, not the law.

But 54% argue that Democrats shouldn’t pack the court by adding more liberal justices, an agenda item of progressive lawmakers and activists.