Interpreting scripture 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 interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say abortion should be legal 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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Buddhist | 4% | 10% | 1% | 75% | 11% | 228 |
Catholic | 18% | 33% | 2% | 40% | 8% | 3,463 |
Evangelical Protestant | 39% | 37% | 3% | 15% | 6% | 2,735 |
Hindu | 5% | 17% | < 1% | 68% | 9% | 143 |
Historically Black Protestant | 51% | 30% | 2% | 12% | 6% | 1,010 |
Jewish | 7% | 21% | 1% | 63% | 8% | 734 |
Mainline Protestant | 16% | 34% | 2% | 38% | 10% | 3,816 |
Mormon | 32% | 47% | 2% | 15% | 3% | 171 |
Muslim | 38% | 34% | 8% | 14% | 5% | 131 |
Orthodox Christian | 24% | 27% | 1% | 36% | 11% | 102 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 5% | 8% | < 1% | 81% | 6% | 5,823 |
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