On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court decided the landmark case Roe v. Wade. The 7-2 decision affirmed a woman’s right to choose whether to have an abortion, making the procedure legal in all states. Four decades later, the status of this decision is precarious: Although Roe v. Wade is still the law of the land, subsequent Supreme Court decisions and several restrictive state laws have chipped away at the right to choose.

The good news is that according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, 63 percent of Americans say they do not want the court’s ruling overturned, while 29 percent would like to see it tossed out.

More young people — all of whom were born at least 20 years after the decision — identify as “pro-choice” rather than “pro-life,” according to a national poll of more than 4,000 high school and college students conducted by Jennifer L. Lawless, professor and director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University and Richard L. Fox (Loyola Marymount University.  It’s interesting to note that the overwhelming majority of high school (88 percent) and college (78 percent) students, however, are not “very worried” about the outlawing of abortion rights. In fact, respondents report being far more worried about war (55%), a terrorist attack (52%), global warming (44%), gun violence (36%), and illegal immigration (28%) than they are the outlawing of abortion rights.

To see some graphics on abortion in this country click HERE.