Interpreting scripture among adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition 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…
Religious tradition | 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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Catholic | 34% | 41% | 3% | 16% | 6% | 3,387 |
Evangelical Protestant | 63% | 26% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5,525 |
Historically Black Protestant | 69% | 18% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 774 |
Jehovah's Witness | 48% | 39% | 6% | 2% | 5% | 185 |
Mainline Protestant | 38% | 40% | 3% | 13% | 6% | 1,975 |
Mormon | 32% | 57% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 474 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 24% | 19% | 2% | 47% | 8% | 1,453 |
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