Support for Roe v. Wade is at an all-time high as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh braces for his confirmation hearing.
A record 71 percent of voters oppose overturning the landmark ruling, which in 1973 established woman's legal right to an abortion, according to a Wall Street Journal-NBC poll.
Just 23 percent of voters believe the ruling should be overturned, the poll found.
Voters are now more likely to vote for a political candidate who is pro-abortion rights than for one who opposes them.
Forty-four percent of voters said they would support a pro-abortion-rights candidate, versus 26 percent who said they were inclined to vote for a candidate who seeks to limit women's reproductive rights.
About 3 in 10 respondents said a candidate's stance on abortion wouldn't affect their vote.
Kavanaugh, whose record shows that he is hostile to Roe v. Wade, draws little support from voters, the poll found.
Thirty-two percent of voters back his nomination, while 26 percent oppose his confirmation.
Dramatic change was recorded among independent voters, 76 percent of whom said they opposed reversing the ruling, up from 64 percent who were opposed to its reversal in 2013.
The poll of 900 registered voters was conducted July 15-18 and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
