2016 National Latin@ Voter Poll

2016 National Latin@ Voter Poll

In early 2016, NLIRH began work with nonpartisan polling and research firm PerryUndem Research/Communication to assess views Latino/a’s hold regarding abortion. 

The nationwide poll comes on the heels of a 2014 poll on Texas Latin@ voters attitudes on abortion and just days before the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, to determine whether Texas’ clinic shutdown law will be struck down. Earlier this year, national and state Latino/a leaders joined in an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs in the case, discussing how restrictions on abortion harm Latinas. The poll also follows the release of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda 2016 Hispanic Public Policy Agenda, in which the nation’s preeminent Latino/a civil rights leaders call for the repeal of the Hyde Amendment and declare support for “proactive legislation that aims to ensure reproductive health by working to remove barriers to abortion access.