Is There a Gunder Divide in Abortion Policy?

There is a general perception, oftentimes, that women are more liberal on the issue of portion. But that's actually not true. The gender gap is dwarfed by the size of the partisan gap. In legislatures, we see clear patterns in terms of which policy makers are active in regulating abortion. Historically, among republicans, it typically was republican men. This is in part because republican women didn't want to be perceived as in the war on women and risked the ire of their own political party by being pro choice. On the other side, we see that democratic women in particular, are effective at stopping the passage of restrictive abortion policy. So similarly, democratic men and women advocate for liberal