In the shadow of Roe, the Asian and Pacific Islander community grapples with unique challenges [Video]

New polling reveals that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) strongly support abortion, though stigma and lack of research focused on the community hinders them, as they are behind their peers in accessing reproductive health services. According to Cedars-Sinai published in March, Asian American women have the lowest rate of breast and cervical cancer screening of any ethnic group.

About 8 in 10 AANHPI think that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and three-quarters believe that Congress should pass a law to guarantee legal abortion access in the U.S. In comparison, 64% of U.S. adults overall said that abortion should be legal in all or most cases last year, according to polling by AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research in March.

Because so many AAPI adults are immigrants or first-generation, they view abortion as a right, says Varun Nikore, executive director of AAPI Victory Alliance…