Nearly 1 in 10 Gen Zers Who Plan to Move Soon Cite Abortion Access as a Reason: Redfin Survey
Most homeowners and renters want to live in a place where abortion is legal, with some survey respondents indicating they’re moving to a different area to live somewhere abortion is legal and accessible
At least 50% of respondents across every generation said they want to live somewhere abortion is legal, with millennials leading the way; 59% said they want to live in such a place, followed by just over half of both Gen Zers and Gen Xers, and exactly half of baby boomers (note that the oldest baby boomers surveyed were 65). Baby boomers and Gen Xers were mostly likely to say they don’t want to live somewhere abortion is legal (30% each).
Overall, 54% of respondents want to live in a place where abortion is legal, compared to 28% who don’t want to.
Broken down by political affiliation, more than one-third (35%) of respondents who plan to vote for
Four percent of Trump voters say they’re moving soon because they want to live in a place where abortion is legal, and 6% of Harris voters say the same thing.
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Two-Thirds of Young People Want to Live in an
Roughly two-thirds of millennials (64%) and Gen Zers (66%) want to live in a place where IVF and other fertility treatments are easily accessible. Most older respondents also want to live in a place where IVF is accessible: 60% of Gen Xers want to, and 54% of baby boomers.
Broken down by political affiliation, most Trump voters (52%) want to live somewhere IVF and other fertility treatments are accessible, compared to 15% who don’t want to. Three-quarters (75%) of Harris voters want to live in such a place; 10% don’t want to.
Access to fertility treatments has become a hot button issue as at least one state has effectively ended access to IVF, and other states have introduced legislation to do something similar. Trump and Harris have both said they support access to IVF.
The survey findings in this report are from a Redfin-commissioned survey conducted by Ipsos in
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