Gender composition among Mainline Protestants who say abortion should be legal in all/most cases by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who say abortion should be legal in all/most cases by gender

% of Mainline Protestants who say abortion should be legal in all/most cases who are…

Religious denominationMenWomenSample size
American Baptist Churches USA39%61%232
Episcopal Church47%53%396
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)41%59%424
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)43%57%102
Presbyterian Church (USA)43%57%284
United Church of Christ33%67%168
United Methodist Church40%60%944
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