Interpreting scripture among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by region (2014) Switch to: Region among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say abortion should be legal 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 | 14% | 22% | 1% | 54% | 8% | 4,135 |
South | 25% | 25% | 2% | 41% | 7% | 6,212 |
Midwest | 17% | 27% | 1% | 47% | 7% | 3,837 |
West | 13% | 22% | 1% | 56% | 8% | 5,028 |
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