Interpreting scripture among adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases by region (2014) Switch to: Region among adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases who say the holy scripture is…
Region | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Northeast | 39% | 32% | 3% | 21% | 5% | 2,080 |
South | 52% | 27% | 3% | 12% | 5% | 5,747 |
Midwest | 42% | 35% | 4% | 14% | 5% | 3,376 |
West | 43% | 32% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 3,110 |
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