Belief in Heaven among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by belief in heaven

% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who …in heaven

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist44%51%6%228
Catholic81%14%6%3,463
Evangelical Protestant90%5%5%2,735
Hindu42%49%8%143
Historically Black Protestant92%4%3%1,010
Jewish34%55%11%734
Mainline Protestant76%16%8%3,816
Mormon89%7%4%171
Muslim87%7%5%131
Orthodox Christian78%13%9%102
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")30%61%9%5,823
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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